Arteriovenous malformations of the brain in adults

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 1812-1818

  Mohr, J P ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEARNING DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; RISK;

EID: 0344573915     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199906103402307     Document Type: Article

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