Radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations: The University of Toronto experience

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-105

  Young, C ^a,b   Summerfield, R ^a   Schwartz, M ^a   O'Brien, P ^a   Ramani, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0030910787     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100021405     Document Type: Article

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