Developmental venous anomalies: Current concepts and implications for management

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-29

  Rammos, Stylianos K ^a   Maina, Raffella ^b   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Villa Maria Pia Hospital   (Italy)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Cerebral venous angioma; Developmental venous anomalies; Intracranial hemorrhages; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL VEINS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 67651184137     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000347091.06694.3E     Document Type: Review

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