Long-term excess mortality in 623 patients with brain arteriovenous malformations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 244-253

  Laakso, Aki ^a   Dashti, Reza ^a   Seppänen, Johanna ^b   Juvela, Seppo ^a,c   Väärt, Kristjan ^a   Niemelä, Mika ^a   Sankila, Risto ^b   Hernesniemi, Juha A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Brain; Cerebrovascular; Mortality; Stroke; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

EID: 64849114408     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000320439.27895.24     Document Type: Article

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