Efficacy of intensity-modulated radiation therapy for optic nerve sheath meningioma
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Primary optic nerve sheath meningioma.
Fifty patients with optic nerve sheath meningiomas have been reviewed with a follow-up of up to 15 years. The median age at onset of their symptoms was 40.0 years. The majority were middle aged females with a slowly progressive lesion. More aggressive lesions were encountered in a younger, predominantly male group of patients with frequent intracranial involvement. Our experience indicates that...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0721-832X,1435-702X
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-019-04424-w