Treatment options for von Hippel-Lindau's haemangioblastomatosis: The role of gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 338-342

  Rajaraman, C ^a   Rowe, Jeremy G ^a   Walton, L ^a   Malik, I ^a   Radatz, M ^a   Kemeny, A A ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemangioblastomas; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Von Hippel Lindau

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEMANGIOBLASTOMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HIPPEL-LINDAU DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644254526     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690400004944     Document Type: Article

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