Arteriovenous Malformations: Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Laakso, Aki ^a   Hernesniemi, Juha ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Epidemiology; Hemorrhagic stroke; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Natural history

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY;

ARTERIES; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STROKE; VEINS;

EID: 81855185391     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: 15581349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2011.09.012     Document Type: Review

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