A case of dural arteriovenous fistula associated with bilateral thalamic lesions

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 718-724

  Yamamoto, Takahiro ^a   Watanabe, Masaki ^a   Miura, Akiko ^a   Hirahara, Tomoo ^a   Hirano, Teruyuki ^a   Uchino, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dural arteriovenous fistula; Superior petrosal sinus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 78349261896     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.50.718     Document Type: Article

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