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Endovascular Treatment of Intracerebral Arteriovenous Malformations: Procedural Safety, Complications, and Results Evaluated by MR Imaging, Including Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging
M. Cronqvist, R. Wirestam, B. Ramgren, L. Brandt, B. Romner, O. Nilsson, H. Säveland, S. Holtås and E.-M. Larsson
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2006, 27 (1) 162-176;
M. Cronqvist
R. Wirestam
B. Ramgren
L. Brandt
B. Romner
O. Nilsson
H. Säveland
S. Holtås

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