Unruptured cerebral arteriovenous malformations: To treat or not to treat

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1148-1149

  Cockroft, Kevin M ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Intracranial hemorrhage; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCORE; RECURRENCE RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; UNRUPTURED ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646708963     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000220514.28847.ac     Document Type: Editorial

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