Radiosurgery for cerebral AVMs in children and adolescents: The neurobehavioral outcome

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-210

  Riva, Daria ^b   Pantaleoni, Chiara ^b   Devoti, Monica ^b   Lindquist, Christer ^b   Steiner, Ladislau ^b   Giorgi, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

arteriovenous malformation; children; neurobehaviorial outcome; radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030897091     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.2.0207     Document Type: Article

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