Bragg-Peak Proton-Beam Therapy for Arteriovenous Malformations of the Brain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 309, Issue 5, 1983, Pages 269-274

  Kjellberg, Raymond N ^a   Hanamura, Tetsu ^a   Davis, Kenneth R ^a   Lyons, Susan L ^a   Adams, Raymond D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PROTON RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THERAPY;

EID: 0020569662     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198308043090503     Document Type: Article

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