A modified radiosurgery-based arteriovenous malformation grading scale and its correlation with outcomes

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1147-1150

  Wegner, Rodney E ^a   Oysul, Kaan ^b   Pollock, Bruce E ^c   Sirin, Sait ^b   Kondziolka, Douglas ^b   Niranjan, Ajay ^b   Lunsford, L Dade ^b   Flickinger, John C ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Grading scale; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAINSTEM; DOSE PLANNING; ENDOVASCULAR; GRADING SCALE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PITTSBURGH; RADIOSURGERY; UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH;

ANGIOGRAPHY; GRADING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION SCORE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951949012     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.12.056     Document Type: Article

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