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. 1986 Jan;49(1):1–10. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.49.1.1

Arteriovenous malformations of the brain: natural history in unoperated patients.

P M Crawford, C R West, D W Chadwick, M D Shaw
PMCID: PMC1028639  PMID: 3958721

Abstract

Two-hundred and seventeen patients from a total population of 343 patients with arteriovenous malformations, were managed without surgery. Follow up was for a mean of 10.4 years. Using life survival analyses, there was a 42% risk of haemorrhage, 29% risk of death, 18% risk of epilepsy and a 27% risk of having a neurological handicap by 20 years after diagnosis in unoperated patients.

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