The application of stereotactic radiosurgery to disorders of the brain

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Function; Radiosurgery; Vascular malformation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EPILEPSY; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL BASE CANCER; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 41849088046     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316275.12962.0e     Document Type: Review

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