Intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations: Clinical features and risk of hemorrhage

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-256

  Sandalcioglu, Ibrahim Erol ^a   Wiedemayer, Helmut ^a   Gasser, Thomas ^a   Asgari, Siamek ^a   Engelhorn, Tobias ^a   Stolke, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavernous malformation; Clinical presentation; Hemorrhage; Spinal cord; Vascular malformation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL CORD CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141892111     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-003-0260-2     Document Type: Article

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