Cerebral arteriovenous malformation in pregnancy: Presentation and neurologic, obstetric, and ethical significance

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 296-303

  Finnerty, James J ^a   Chisholm, Christian A ^a   Chapple, Helen ^a   Login, Ivan S ^a   Pinkerton, JoAnn V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death death by neurologic criteria; Cerebral arteriovenous malformation; Maternal loss of capacity; Persistent vegetative state; Surrogate decision maker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LAW; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032820685     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70551-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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