Stereotactic radiosurgery for brainstem arteriovenous malformations: Factors affecting outcome

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-413

  Maruyama, Keisuke ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b   Niranjan, Ajay ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Brainstem; Gamma knife surgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1442307191     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.3.0407     Document Type: Review

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