An implant heating system using a ferromagnetic implant with low Curie temperature has been developed for treating human brain tumors. Safe and repeated hyperthermia was possible over periods averaging ten weeks in 23 out of 25 patients with malignant brain tumors without development of major side e
Obstetric emergencies precipitated by malignant brain tumors
β Scribed by Krishnansu Sujata Tewari; Fabio Cappuccini; Tamerou Asrat; Bruce L. Flamm; Sidney E. Carpenter; Philip J. DiSaia; Edward J. Quilligan
- Book ID
- 113981915
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 96 KB
- Volume
- 182
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6868
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