Operative management of Brainstem cavernous malformations

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Asaad, Wael F ^a   Walcott, Brian P ^a   Nahed, Brian V ^a   Ogilvy, Christopher S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cavernous malformation; Review

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77956209780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.6.FOCUS10134     Document Type: Article

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