Long-term results after fractionated radiation therapy for large brain arteriovenous malformations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-48

  Karlsson, Bengt ^a   Lindqvist, Melker ^b   Blomgren, Henric ^b   Wan Yeo, Guo ^c   Söderman, Michael ^b   Lax, Ingmar ^b   Yamamoto, Masaaki ^d   Bailes, Julian ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Katsuta Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain arteriovenous malformation; Fractionated radiotherapy; Hemorrhage; Natural course; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744449290     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000163095.56638.26     Document Type: Article

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