The diagnosis and management of brain arteriovenous malformations

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 749-763

  Novakovic, Roberta L ^a   Lazzaro, Marc A ^a   Castonguay, Alicia C ^a   Zaidat, Osama O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; AVM treatment; Embolization; Radiosurgery; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EQUIPOISE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SHEAR STRESS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 84881027726     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: 15579875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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