Spinal vascular malformations - Typical and atypical findings

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 205-213

  Bostroem, A ^a,b   Thron, A ^a   Hans, F J ^a   Krings, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Spinal AVM; Spinal cavernoma; Spinal dural AV fistula; Spinal vascular malformations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD; SPINE;

EID: 37049013980     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985852     Document Type: Review

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