Unruptured brain AVMs: to treat or not to treat

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-196

  Brown Jr , Robert D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BRAIN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 39149099437     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70027-9     Document Type: Letter

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