Paradoxical trends in the management of vestibular schwannoma in the United States: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 514-519

  Lau, Tsz ^a   Olivera, Raul ^a   Miller, Timothy ^a   Downes, Katheryne ^a   Danner, Christopher ^a   Van Loveren, Harry R ^a   Agazzi, Siviero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; National treatment rate; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DATA BASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865849266     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.5.JNS111858     Document Type: Article

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