Preoperative and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of radiculomeningeal arteriovenous malformations: Important role of gravity in the symptoms and MRI

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 352-356

  Kohno, Michihiro ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^b   Yagishita, Akira ^b   Haisa, Toshihiko ^b   Segawa, Hiromu ^b  

^a Fuji Brain Institute and Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Etiology; Gravity; MRI; Radiculomeningeal arteriovenous malformation; Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0030793723     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)88195-5     Document Type: Article

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