A case of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula presenting with brainstem infarction

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1095-1099

  Oishi, Hidenori ^a,b   Horinaka, Naoaki ^a   Shmizu, Takashi ^a   Ozaki, Yutaka ^a   Arai, Hajime ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem infarction; Endovascular surgery; Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENOUS REFLUX;

AGED; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 27744544387     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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