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Clues to Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas in Patients with Progressive Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Amir R. Dehdashti*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto Brain Vascular Malformation Study Group, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger Neurosciences Institute, Danville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Charles C. Matouk
Affiliation:
University of Toronto Brain Vascular Malformation Study Group, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Karel TerBrugge
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M. Christopher Wallace
Affiliation:
University of Toronto Brain Vascular Malformation Study Group, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert A. Willinsky
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Geisinger Neurosciences Institute, Department of Neurosurgery, 100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, 17822, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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