Gamma knife radiosurgery in the management of arteriovenous malformations of the basal ganglia region of the brain

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 211-223

  Nicolato, A ^a   Foroni, R ^a   Crocco, A ^a   Zampieri, P G ^a   Alessandrini, F ^a   Bricolo, A ^a   Gerosa, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous Malformations of the Brain; Basal Ganglia; Gamma Knife; Radiosurgery; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0036952955     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36200     Document Type: Article

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