Management of adverse radiation effects after radiosurgery

Progress in Neurological Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue , 2012, Pages 210-220

  Monaco Iii, Edward A ^a   Niranjan, Ajay ^a   Kano, Hideyuki ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; METASTASIS; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 84860810546     PISSN: 00796492     EISSN: 16623924     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000331194     Document Type: Article

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