Factors associated with successful arteriovenous malformation radiosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1239-1247

  Pollock, Bruce E ^a   Flickinger, John C ^b   Lunsford, L Dade ^b   Maitz, Ann ^b   Kondziolka, Douglas ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Patient outcomes; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031747026     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199806000-00020     Document Type: Article

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