Radiation necrosis of the brain after radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 338-341

  Djalilian, Hamid R ^a   Benson, Aaron G ^b   Ziai, Kasra ^a   Safai, Yalda ^a   Thakkar, Kunal H ^b   Mafee, Mahmood F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DECOMPRESSION; DYSPHAGIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPESTHESIA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STEROID THERAPY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECROSIS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34548459877     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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