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01-08-2017 | Editorial (by Invitation)

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

Author: Torstein R. Meling

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 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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Title: To treat or not to treat brain AVMs—that’s still the question
Author: Torstein R. Meling
Publication date: 01-08-2017
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-017-3219-8

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