Cavernous malformations of the brainstem: Experience with 100 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-58

  Porter, Randall W ^b   Detwiler, Paul W ^b   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Lawton, Michael T ^b   Baskin, Jonathan J ^b   Derksen, Patrick T ^b   Zabramski, Joseph M ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brainstem hemorrhage; Brainstem surgery; Cavernous malformation; Skull base approach; Venous malformation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 0032932497     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.1.0050     Document Type: Article

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