Extensive white matter changes after stereotactic radiosurgery for brain arteriovenous malformations: A prognostic sign for obliteration?

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1064-1069

  Van Den Berg, René ^a,c   Buis, Dennis R ^a   Lagerwaard, Frank J ^a   Lycklama À Nijeholt, Geert J ^b   Vandertop, W Peter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiography; Brain arteriovenous malformations; Complications; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; VEIN; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149468062     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000330413.73983.02     Document Type: Article

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