Predictors of future growth of sporadic vestibular schwannomas obtained by history and radiologic assessment of the tumor

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 641-646

  Artz, Janneke C J M ^a   Timmer, Ferdinand C A ^a   Mulder, Jef J S ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a   Graamans, Kees ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Growth; Predictors of growth; Risk profile; Symptoms; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNSTEADINESS; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049134577     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0791-9     Document Type: Article

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