Resolution of central pain after embolization of an arteriovenous malformation: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 575-579

  Fukuhara, Toru ^a   McKhann II, Guy M ^a,b   Santiago, Paul ^a   Eskridge, Joseph M ^a   Loeser, John D ^a   Winn, H Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Columbia University NI 42 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Central pain; Embolization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033004865     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.3.0575     Document Type: Article

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