Vascular Malformations of the Posterior Fossa: Clinical Features, Treatment, and Outcomes

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 257-267

  Lesniak, Maciej S ^a   Clatterbuck, Richard E ^a   Rigamonti, Daniele ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Posterior circulation; Radiosurgery; Surgery; Vascular malformations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEURORADIOLOGY; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 0345276615     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-200312000-00004     Document Type: Article

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