Giant cerebral cavernous hemangiomas: A report of two cases and review of the literature

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-232

  Jhawar, Sukhdeep ^a   Nadkarni, Trimurti ^a   Goel, Atul ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; Cavernous angioma; Cavernous malformation; Giant cerebral angioma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862862162     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2903-10.1     Document Type: Article

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