Aneurysmal malformations of the vein of Galen: Follow-up of 120 children treated between 1984 and 1994

Interventional Neuroradiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-26

  Lasjaunias, P L ^a   Alvarez, H ^a   Rodesch, G ^a   Garcia Monaco, R ^a   Ter Brugge, K ^b   Burrows, P ^c   Taylor, W ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embolisation; Neurological development; Vein of Galen arteriovenous malformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003098148     PISSN: 11239344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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