Cavernous malformations of the basal ganglia and thalamus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-18

  Gross, Bradley A ^a,b   Batjer, H Hunt ^a,b   Awad, Issam A ^a,b   Bendok, Bernard R ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioma; Basal ganglia; Cavernous malformation; Natural history; Radiosurgery; Surgery; Surgical approach; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THALAMUS;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BASAL GANGLIA; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMUS;

EID: 67651184139     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000347009.32480.D8     Document Type: Review

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