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Engenhart-Cabillic, R., Groß, M., Henzel, M., Zabel-du Bois, A., Milker-Zabel, S., Rades, D. (2013). Zentrales Nervensystem und Sinnesorgane. In: Wannenmacher, M., Wenz, F., Debus, J. (eds) Strahlentherapie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88305-0_16
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