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Surgery for high-grade unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations: era for a new paradox?

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

    David Bervini

  2. Department of Clinical Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Michael K. Morgan

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Bervini, D., Morgan, M.K. Surgery for high-grade unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations: era for a new paradox?. Acta Neurochir 157, 1655–1656 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-015-2538-x

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