Conservative Management of Acoustic Neuromas

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-216

  Nedzelski, Julian M ^a   Schessel, David A ^a   Pfleiderer, Andrew ^a   Kassel, Edward E ^a   Rowed, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 44449111672     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2008.02.013     Document Type: Review

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