Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 708-712 , October 2007

De novo appearance of cerebellar cavernous malformation in a patient with moyamoya disease: Case report and review of the literature

  • Kojiro Korematsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Oita Prefectural Hospital, Bunyo 476, Oita 870-8511, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 97 546 7111; fax: +81 97 546 0725.
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  • Susumu Yoshioka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Oita Prefectural Hospital, Bunyo 476, Oita 870-8511, Japan
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  • Takashi Maruyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Oita Prefectural Hospital, Bunyo 476, Oita 870-8511, Japan
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  • Yasuyuki Nagai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Oita Prefectural Hospital, Bunyo 476, Oita 870-8511, Japan
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  • Ko-Ichi Tsuji

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Oita Prefectural Hospital, Bunyo 476, Oita 870-8511, Japan
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  • Jun-Ichi Kuratsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honji 1-1-1, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan

Received 3 March 2007 ,Revised 26 April 2007 ,Accepted 29 April 2007.

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PII: S0303-8467(07)00116-3

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.04.016

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 708-712 , October 2007

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