Radiosurgery of deep arteriovenous malformations of the brain

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-48

  Elisevich, Kost ^a,b   Ratkewicz, Alexander ^a   Lownie, Steve ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial feeders; Arteriovenous malformations; Complications; Embolization; Microsurgery; Radiation injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033033562     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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