Surgical considerations regarding giant dilations of the perivascular spaces

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 820-824

  House, Paul ^a   Salzman, Karen L ^a   Osborn, Anne G ^a   MacDonald, Joel D ^a   Jensen, Randy L ^a   Couldwell, William T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Perivascular space; Virchow Robin space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DILATATION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIVASCULAR SPACE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREMOR; VIRCHOW ROBIN SPACE;

EID: 2042467576     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.5.0820     Document Type: Review

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