Spinal Arteriovenous Metameric Syndrome: Clinical Manifestations and Endovascular Management

Y. Niimi; N. Uchiyama; L. Elijovich; A. Berenstein

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Spinal Arteriovenous Metameric Syndrome: Clinical Manifestations and Endovascular Management

Y. Niimi, N. Uchiyama, L. Elijovich and A. Berenstein

American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2013, 34 (2) 457-463; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3212

Y. Niimi

aFrom the Center for Endovascular Surgery (Y.N., A.B.), Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York

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N. Uchiyama

bDepartment of Neurosurgery (N.U.), Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan

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L. Elijovich

cDepartment of Neurology (L.E.), University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee.

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A. Berenstein

aFrom the Center for Endovascular Surgery (Y.N., A.B.), Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York

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vol. 34 no. 2 457-463

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https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3212

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Received March 21, 2012
Accepted after revision May 10, 2012
Published online February 13, 2013.

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Y. Niimia,
N. Uchiyamab,
L. Elijovichc and
A. Berensteina

^aFrom the Center for Endovascular Surgery (Y.N., A.B.), Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York
^bDepartment of Neurosurgery (N.U.), Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan
^cDepartment of Neurology (L.E.), University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee.

Please address correspondence to Yasunari Niimi, Center for Endovascular Surgery, Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Roosevelt Hospital, Suite 10G, New York, NY 10019; e-mail: yasuniimi{at}aol.com

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