9.1. Radiosurgery for metastatic brain tumors

Progress in Neurological Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue , 2007, Pages 106-128

  Yamamoto, M ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOSURGERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447527529     PISSN: 00796492     EISSN: 16623924     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000100099     Document Type: Article

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