Stereotactic radiosurgery A review of gamma knife and linac knife technology and the unit at the Wake Forest University Medical Center
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Author: Branch CL Jr Coric D Olds W Eksktrand K.
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Abstract: Stereotactic radiosurgery. A review of "gamma knife" and "linac knife" technology and the unit at the Wake Forest University Medical Center. Branch CL Jr, Coric D, Olds W, Eksktrand K. Department of Neurosurgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157. PMID: 1513382 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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