Complete regression of intracranial arteriovenous malformations

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-147

  Schwartz, Eric D ^a,b   Hurst, Robert W ^a   Sinson, Grant ^a   Bagley, Linda J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HUP   (United States)

Author keywords

AVM; Cerebral angiography; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; REMISSION; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0036703701     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00769-3     Document Type: Article

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