Staged gamma knife radiosurgery for large critically located benign meningiomas: Evaluation of a series comprising 20 patients

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1172-1175

  Haselsberger, K ^a   Maier, T ^a   Dominikus, K ^a   Holl, E ^a   Kurschel, S ^a   Ofner Kopeinig, P ^a   Unger, F ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 70349678820     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.156745     Document Type: Article

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