Treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations by embolization and radiosurgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-28

  Gobin, Y Pierre ^a   Laurent, Alexandre ^b   Merienne, Louis ^b   Schlienger, Maurice ^b   Aymard, Armand ^b   Houdart, Emmanuel ^b   Casasco, Alfredo ^b   Lefkopoulos, Dimitri ^b   George, Bernard ^b   Merland, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

arteriovenous malformation; embolic material; embolization; intracranial hemorrhage; radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOPHTHALMIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HEPARINIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 15844370313     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.1.0019     Document Type: Article

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