Radiosurgery in cavernous malformations: Anatomy of a controversy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-21

  Steiner, Ladislau ^a   Karlsson, Bengt ^b   Yen, Chun Po ^a   Torner, James C ^c   Lindquist, Christer ^d   Schlesinger, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Singapore Gamma Knife Centre   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d CROMWELL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77954417375     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.11.JNS091733     Document Type: Editorial

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