Long-term results of gamma knife radiosurgery for 100 consecutive cases of craniopharyngioma and a treatment strategy

Progress in Neurological Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue , 2009, Pages 63-76

  Kobayashi, Tatsuya ^a  

^a NAGOYA KYORITSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549112527     PISSN: 00796492     EISSN: 16623924     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000163383     Document Type: Article

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