Vein of Galen malformations: Review

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-53

  Gupta, A K ^a   Varma, D R ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Endovascular therapy; Vein of Galen

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GALEN VEIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROSURGERY; NEWBORN CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN MALFORMATION; ADULT; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETICS; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 16544363262     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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