Spinal cord vascular shunts: spinal cord vascular malformations and dural arteriovenous fistulas Costa L et al. - The multiple classifications proposed for spinal cord vascular malformations reflect the continuous advancement of the authors' understanding. They adopt a classification based on new physiological and genetic data that treats these lesions as expressions of more complex disease processes and not simply a morphological target, with direct impact on therapeutic options.
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