Speech reorganization after an AVM bleed cured by embolization: A case report and review of the literature

Interventional Neuroradiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 456-461

  La Piana, R ^a,b   Klein, D ^a   Cortes, Mdp ^a   Tampieri, D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Brain plasticity; Embolization; Language function; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; SPEECH THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 76549132411     PISSN: 11239344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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