Stereotactic radiosurgery of angiographically occult vascular malformations: 14-Year experience

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-221

  Chang, Steven D ^a   Levy, Richard P ^a,b   Adler Jr , John R ^a   Martin, David P ^a   Krakovitz, Paul R ^b   Steinberg, Gary K ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiographically occult vascular malformations; Cavernous malformation; Hemorrhage rate; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031904559     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199808000-00011     Document Type: Article

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