New concepts in adult brain arteriovenous malformations

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-67

  Stapf, Christian ^a,b   Mohr, Jay P ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; IMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS;

GLUE;

EID: 0034006423     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200002000-00012     Document Type: Review

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