Update on the natural history of cavernous malformations and factors predicting aggressive clinical presentation

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Washington, Chad W ^a   McCoy, Kathleen E ^a   Zipfel, Gregory J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; Cavernous angioma; Cavernous malformation; Familial cavernous malformation; Natural history

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956205638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.5.FOCUS10149     Document Type: Article

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