Gamma knife surgery for subependymal giant cell astrocytomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 808-813

  Park, Kyung Jae ^a,c   Kano, Hideyuki ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Niranjan, Ajay ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a,b   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gamma knife surgery; Glioma; Radiosurgery; Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUBEPENDYMAL GIANT CELL ASTROCYTOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952274305     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.9.JNS10816     Document Type: Article

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