Cranial dural arteriovenous fistulae: Asymptomatic cortical venous drainage portends less aggressive clinical course

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-247

  Strom, Russell G ^a   Botros, James A ^a   Refai, Daniel ^a   Moran, Christopher J ^b   Dewittet Cross, I I I ^b   Chicoine, Michael R ^a   Grubb, Robert L ^a   Rich, Keith M ^a   Dacey, Ralph G ^a   Derdeyn, Colin P ^b   Zipfel, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system vascular malformation; Clinical course; Cortical venous drainage; Cranial dural arteriovenous fistula; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL SINUS; DISEASE COURSE; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TINNITUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL VEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61449087316     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000338066.30665.B2     Document Type: Article

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