Posterior fossa arteriovenous malformations

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Arnaout, Omar M ^a   Gross, Bradley A ^b   Eddleman, Christopher S ^a   Bendok, Bernard R ^a   Getch, Christopher C ^a   Batjer, H Hunt ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Infratentorial location; Natural history; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMORBIDITY; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; RISK FACTORS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 70349740757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.FOCUS0914     Document Type: Review

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