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Caring for brain AVM patients requires a pragmatic care research protocol

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  1. Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Tim E. Darsaut

  2. Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Cavale Blanche, INSERM UMR 1101 LaTIM, Brest, France

    Elsa Magro

  3. Service de Radiologie, CHU Cavale Blanche, INSERM EA 3878 GETBO, Brest, France

    Jean-Christophe Gentric

  4. Department of Radiology, Service of Neuroradiology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal – CHUM, 1000 Saint-Denis Street, Room D03-5462B, Montreal, QC, H2X 0C1, Canada

    Jean Raymond

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Darsaut, T.E., Magro, E., Gentric, JC. et al. Caring for brain AVM patients requires a pragmatic care research protocol. Neuroradiology 62, 649–650 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-020-02405-z

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