World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 100-107 , February 2010

Early regrowth of juvenile cerebral arteriovenous malformations: report of 3 cases and immunohistochemical analysis

  • Yasushi Takagi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. Tel.: +81 75 751 3459; fax: +81 75 752 9501.
    • ,
  • Ken-ichiro Kikuta, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Fukui University, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazuhiko Nozaki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Shiga Medical University, Ohtsu 520-2192, Japan
    • ,
  • Nobuo Hashimoto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • National Cardiovascular Center, Suita 565-8565, Japan

Received 12 June 2009 ,Accepted 3 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.07.008

World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 100-107 , February 2010

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