Management of vein of Galen malformations. A review based on five neurosurgically treated cases and literature reports

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 172-182

  Kleindienst, A ^a   Hildebrandt, G ^b   Klug, N ^c   Schon R ^a  

^a DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Cerebral aneurysm; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GALEN VEIN; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VEIN ANEURYSM;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL VEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033450878     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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