A novel technique and new grading scale for the embolization of cerebral vascular malformations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Amar, Arun P ^a   Teitelbaum, George P ^b   Larsen, Donald W ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Dural arteriovenous fistula; Embolization; Grading scale; n butylcyanoacrylate; Technique

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CATHETER; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750302971     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000237518.36683.6A     Document Type: Article

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