Growth of untreated vestibular schwannoma: A prospective study - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 706-712

  Varughese, Jobin Kotakkathu ^a   Breivik, Cathrine Nansdal ^b   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^b,c,d   Lund Johansen, Morten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Natural history; Vestibular schwannoma; Vestibulocochlear nerve disease; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84859369019     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.12.JNS111662     Document Type: Article

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