The pathogenesis of arteriovenous malformations: Insights provided by a case of multiple arteriovenous malformations developing in relation to a developmental venous anomaly

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 347-352

  Nussbaum, Eric S ^a   Heros, Roberto C ^b   Madison, Michael T ^a   Awasthi, Deepak ^c   Truwit, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Cerebral vascular malformation; Developmental venous anomaly; Venous angioma; Venous hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL VEINS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECURRENCE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0031927320     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199808000-00103     Document Type: Article

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