What intervention is best practice for vestibular schwannomas? A systematic review of controlled studies

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Wolbers, John G ^a   Dallenga, Alof H G ^a   Romero, Alejandra Mendez ^a   Van Linge, Anne ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDLINE; MICROSURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84874955340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001345     Document Type: Review

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