Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 6 , Pages 474-477 , July 2010

Gamma knife radiosurgery for intracranial cavernous malformations

  • Wang Peng
    • ,
  • Zhang Fangcheng
    • ,
  • Zhang Hongyun
    • ,
  • Zhao Hongyang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Gamma Knife Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277, Jiefang Road, Hankou, Wuhan City 430022, Hubei Prov., China. Tel.: +86 2785780458.

Received 6 August 2009 ,Revised 6 January 2010 ,Accepted 8 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.03.012

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 6 , Pages 474-477 , July 2010

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