Arteriovenous Malformations: Presenting Symptoms, Treatment, and Outcome
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Treatment of arteriovenous malformations.
We read with great interest the paper by Dawson et al. (1] on combined treatment of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) by embolization and stereotactic radiosurgery, and we would like to congratulate them for their efforts in the therapeutic approach to these lesions. Although we agree with the concept of using a combined approach, we do not recommend the same technical procedure. As discussed ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 2007
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-21-1-1