Treatment of pediatric intracranial arteriovenous malformations with linear-accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery: The University of Pennsylvania experience

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 207-214

  Maity, Amit ^a,e   Shu, Hui Kuo G ^a   Tan, Jacqueline E ^b   Ruffer, James ^c   Sutton, Leslie N ^d   Tochner, Zelig ^a   Lustig, Robert ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Good Shepherd Radiat Oncol Center   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VASCULAR DISEASE; AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13844321903     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082293     Document Type: Review

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