Herpes and acoustic neuromas: Is there a cause and effect to observe?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1013-1014

  Burkhart, Craig G ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CYBERKNIFE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; SCHWANN CELLS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

HERPES;

EID: 77951544376     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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