Surgical management of brain-stem cavernous malformations: Report of 137 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 444-454

  Wang, Chung Cheng ^a   Liu, Ali ^a   Zhang, Jun Ting ^a   Sun, Bo ^a   Zhao, Yuan Li ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Cavernous malformation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microsurgical operation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE RISK; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037785050     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00187-3     Document Type: Article

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