Cerebellar developmental venous anomalies with associated vascular pathology

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-223

  Kovacs T ^a,f   Osztie, E ^b   Bodrogi, L ^c   Pajor, P ^d   Farsang, M ^a   Juhasz C ^e   Szirmai, I ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

^c International Medical Center   (Hungary)

^d St Borbala Hospital   (Hungary)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Brainstem cavernoma; Cerebellar developmental venous anomaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM DEVELOPMENTAL VENOUS ANOMALY; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PONTINE CAVERNOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VEIN MALFORMATION; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34147139993     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701253794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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