Treatment strategies in cavernomas of the brain and spine

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 491-497

  Kivelev, Juri ^a   Niemelä, Mika ^a   Hernesniemi, Juha ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cavernomas; Grading system; Microsurgical removal

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BRAIN CAVERNOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL CAVERNOMA; MICROSURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPINAL CAVERNOMA; SPINE TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857784510     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.08.015     Document Type: Review

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