Embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformations with silk: Histopathologic changes and hemorrhagic complications

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1233-1237

  Schmutz, Friedrich ^a   McAuliffe, William ^a   Anderson, David M ^b   Elliott, J Paul ^a   Eskridge, Joseph M ^a   Winn, H Richard ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Embolic agents; Embolization; Interventional materials

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SAFETY; SILK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILK; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031545912     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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