The role of radiosurgery in the treatment of craniopharyngiomas

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Veeravagu, Anand ^a   Lee, Marco ^a,b   Jiang, Bowen ^a   Chang, Steven D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Cyberknife; Gamma Knife; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMANS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953652414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.2.FOCUS09311     Document Type: Article

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