Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-75

  Koch, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interventional therapy; Spine; Surgery; Vascular

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHUNTING; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL DURA ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 31644443210     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wco.0000200547.22292.11     Document Type: Review

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