Diagnosis and Management of Arteriovenous Malformations in Children

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-456

  Niazi, Toba N ^a   Klimo, Paul ^b   Anderson, Richard C E ^c   Raffel, Corey ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Children; Embolization; Outcomes; Pediatric; Radiosurgery; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VEINS; CHILD; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77953785680     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2010.03.012     Document Type: Review

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