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Erschienen in: Acta Neurochirurgica 8/2017

18.05.2017 | Editorial (by Invitation)

To treat or not to treat brain AVMs—that’s still the question

verfasst von: Torstein R. Meling

Erschienen in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Ausgabe 8/2017

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Treatment of any disease is a balancing act among many factors, where the risk of no treatment (i.e., the natural history) versus the risk of treatment is among the most important. Although the two are separate entities, they often become intertwined and in many ways inseparable. …
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Metadaten
Titel
To treat or not to treat brain AVMs—that’s still the question
verfasst von
Torstein R. Meling
Publikationsdatum
18.05.2017
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Acta Neurochirurgica / Ausgabe 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Elektronische ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-017-3219-8

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