Histologically classified venous angiomas of the brain: A controversy

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Abe, Masamitsu ^a   Hagihara, Naoshi ^a   Tabuchi, Kazuo ^a   Uchino, Akira ^a   Miyasaka, Yoshio ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral vascular malformation; Cerebral vein; Cerebral venous angioma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN MALFORMATION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VENOUS ANGIOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037238547     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.1     Document Type: Article

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