Deep and brainstem cavernomas: A consecutive 8-year series

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-37

  Mathiesen, Tiit ^a   Edner, Göran ^a   Kihlström, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basal ganglion; Brainstem; Radiosurgery; Thalamus; Vascular malformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BASAL GANGLION CAVERNOMA; BLEEDING; BRAINSTEM CAVERNOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL CAVERNOMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNT INSERTION SURGERY; SHUNTING; THALAMUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038308389     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.1.0031     Document Type: Article

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