Diagnosis and Management of Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformations
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The management of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformations.
OBJECTIVE The vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (VGAM) is a choroidal type of arteriovenous malformation involving the vein of Galen forerunner. This is distinct from an arteriovenous malformation with venous drainage into a dilated, but already formed, vein of Galen. Reports of endovascular treatment of VGAM in the literature approach the disease from a purely technical viewpoint and often...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Perinatology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0743-8346,1476-5543
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211349