Cavernous malformations presenting with seizures: Therapeutic options and outcome

Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-165

  Smith, Kris A ^a   Javedan, Sam ^a   Zabramski, Joseph M ^a   Blum, David E ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESIONECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036765401     PISSN: 1092440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/otns.2002.32483     Document Type: Article

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