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Staged Embolization with Staged Gamma Knife Radiosurgery to Treat a Large AVM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Adam G. Back
Affiliation:
Greater Houston Foundation for Medical Research and Education, Houston, Texas, USA
Otto Zeck
Affiliation:
Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
Clive Shkedy
Affiliation:
Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
Peter M. Shedden*
Affiliation:
Greater Houston Foundation for Medical Research and Education, Houston, Texas, USA
*
9200 New Trails, Suite 100, The Woodlands, Texas, 77381, USA
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2009

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