Prediction of obliteration after gamma knife surgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 425-431

  Karlsson, Bengt ^a   Lindquist, Christer ^b   Steiner, Ladislau ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Gamma knife radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031018826     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199703000-00001     Document Type: Article

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