Intracranial meningiomas developing at long intervals following low-dose X-ray irradiation of the head

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-65

  Gosztonyi, Georg ^a   Slowik, Felicia ^b   Pásztor, Emil ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Epilation; Intracranial tumors; Radiation induced meningioma; Tinea capitis; X ray therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CALVARIA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC RISK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; REOPERATION; SELLA TURCICA; SIBLING; TINEA CAPITIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOTHERAPY; TINEA CAPITIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 4444296288     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEON.0000040812.19235.d1     Document Type: Article

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