Arteriovenous malformations in the basal ganglia and thalamus: Management and results in 101 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-292

  Sasaki, Tomio ^a   Kurita, Hiroki ^b   Saito, Isamu ^b   Kawamoto, Shunsuke ^b   Nemoto, Shigeru ^b   Terahara, Atsuro ^b   Kirino, Takaaki ^b   Takakura, Kintomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Basal ganglion; Natural history; Radiosurgery; Surgery; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031883467     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.2.0285     Document Type: Article

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