The Top-100 most cited articles on dural arteriovenous fistula: A bibliometric analysis

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J Cerebrovasc Endovasc Neurosurg. 2021;23(1):23-34
Publication date (electronic) : 2021 February 5
doi : https://doi.org/10.7461/jcen.2021.E2020.09.003
1Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Adult Neurosurgery, National Neurosciences Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
4Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
5MBBS, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
6Neurocritical Care Division, Critical Care Administration, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Correspondence to Abdulrahman Y. Alturki Vascular Neurosurgery, Endovascular Neurosurgery and Neurocritical Care, Department of Adult Neurosurgery, Section Head Neurocritical Care Unit, National Neurosciences Institute, King Fahad Medical City, P.O Box 59046, Riyadh 11525, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tel +966-11-288-9999 E-mail dr.alturki.neurosurgery@gmail.com
Received 2020 September 3; Revised 2020 December 4; Accepted 2020 December 8.

Abstract

Objective

Dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) is a rare pathological vascular lesion with variable clinical manifestations. Since 1968, several articles have been published to address spinal and cranial DAVFs. The aim of this study is to identify, analyse, and review the pertinent literature of the top-100 most cited articles on DAVFs published to date.

Methods

A title-specific, keyword-based search with no time restriction was performed in June 2020. The Scopus database was used to identify the top-100 most cited articles on DAVFs. The term “dural arteriovenous fistula” was used as a search keyword. The search results were arranged in descending order based on the total citation count. The top-100 articles were categorized into ten categories.

Results

Between 1968 and 2020, a total of 2298 articles were published on DAVFs. The top-100 most cited articles were published between 1983 and 2012. The total number of citations for the top-100 articles was 12393 (123 citations/article). Most articles (34%) were investigating the clinical aspect of DAVFs. The country contributing to the most impactful and highest volume of publications (46%) was the United States. The Mayo Clinic was the most active institute in contribution. Most articles (29%) were published by the Journal of Neurosurgery.

Conclusions

In the top-100 most cited articles on DAVF, most studies were published in neurosurgery/neuroradiology-dedicated journals. This bibliometric analysis identifies the publication trends and provides a comprehensive overview of the most influential articles addressing DAVFs.

INTRODUCTION

In 1881, Rizzoli reported the first cranial dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF), defined as an abnormal shunting between the meningeal arteries and dural venous sinuses, meningeal vein, or subarachnoid veins [9,11].

Etiopathological historical overviews have postulated the origin of this abnormality as congenital or acquired in adults with the association of cerebrovascular diseases in some patients. Afterwards, the pathophysiological understanding of the entity was highlighting the role of cortical venous drainage and its implication on DAVF natural history [9]. Epidemiologically, the reported rate of cranial DAVFs in Japan was 0.29/100,000 per year whereas a study in Minnesota reported an incidence of 0.15/100,000 per year [7]. A DAVF represents 10-15% of all detected intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) [7]. The incidence of the intracranial location of DAVF is reported in the literature as the following: transverse sinus (50%), cavernous sinus (16%), tentorium cerebelli (12%), and superior sagittal sinus (8%) [15]. The most frequently used classification for cranial DAVF are the Cognard and the Borden Classification [5,7]. Cranial DAVF can be managed by different modalities which includes; conservative management, endovascular management, surgical management, and radiation therapy.

On the other hand, spinal DAVFs account for approximately two-thirds of all pathological spinal vascular lesions with an annual incidence of 5-10 cases per million [14]. In 1926, Foix and Alajouanine described for the first time the diagnostic features of spinal DAVFs [8]. The diagnosis of spinal DAVFs is affected by many disguising clinical conditions that underrepresented this condition epidemiologically. Pathophysiologically, thrombosis of the extradural spinal vein and trauma are implicated in the development of spinal DAVFs [14]. The most predominant location of spinal DAVFs is in the lower thoracic and upper part of the lumbar spine according to many reports [17]. The classification of spinal DAVFs has undergone many historical changes to enhance the understanding of this pathology. Throughout history, eight classification systems were proposed starting with Di Chiro G in 1967 and contemporarily concluding with K. Takai’s classification in 2017 which reflects the historical controversy in setting a standard classification system for spinal DAVFs [25].

In the literature, many articles were published on DAVFs from all over the world. To introduce the topic in a unique, comprehensive fashion and provide an evidence-based practice, a bibliometric analysis is warranted. In neurosurgery, bibliometric analyses have been published in many topics as this trend became more popular in recent years [1,2,4,22]. A bibliometric analysis sets the basis for assessing the most influential articles and publication patterns on a certain area of interest. They have been conducted to obtain key information on the research timeline, most reputable journals, institutions, and prominent contributing authors in a specific field.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

In the execution of this bibliometric-based review article, the Scopus database was used to perform a title-specific, keyword-based search with no time restriction in June 2020. The “dural arteriovenous fistula” was used as a search keyword. The outcome of the search was arranged in descending order based on the article’s citations count and the most-cited 100 articles were selected for analysis. Article-based pertinent parameters were collected which included the following: title, citation count, citation per year, contributing authors, speciality of top contributing authors, contributing institutes, country of origin, journal of publications, Journal’s Source Normalized Impact Per Paper (SNIP), Journal’s SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), and the Journals Impact Factor (IF). Exhaustive in-depth analysis of the top 100 most-cited articles to identify the studied categories was performed. The top 100 most-cited articles are categorized into ten categories which includes the following: clinical, clinicoradiological, radiological, pathophysiological, surgical management, endovascular management, endovascular and/or surgical management, endovascular and/or radiosurgical management, endovascular vs. conservative management, and radiosurgical management. Furthermore, anatomical based categorization of the articles’ population was performed, which identified the three following categories: spinal, cerebral, and spinal/cerebral specific studies.

RESULTS

The keyword-based search showed that 2298 articles were published between 1968 and 2020 on DAVFs. The top 100 most-cited articles collected a total of 12393 citations with an average of 123 citations per paper (Table 1). The rate of self-citations of all authors accounted for 4.86% and the rate of citations by books accounted for 9.2% from the overall accumulative citations. The top 100 articles were published between 1983 and 2012 (Fig. 1). In 2002, 10% of the most-cited articles were published. The most trending study category since 1983 was investigating the clinical aspect of DAVF (Fig. 2). Anatomical based categorization showed that cerebral DAVFs populated twothird of the most-cited articles from 1983 onwards. The United States, Canada, and France were the top three most contributing countries to the most impactful publications on DAVF (Fig. 3).

Summary of the top-100 most cited articles on dural arteriovenous fistula in the literature

Fig. 1.

Publication trends for the top-100 most cited articles between 1983-2012.

Fig. 2.

Categorical distribution of the main topics addressing dural arteriovenous fistula in the top-100 cited articles.

Fig. 3.

Geographical distribution of the country of origin contributing to the top-100 cited articles.

The Mayo Clinic and the University of Toronto were the most active institutes in contributing to the most-cited articles (Fig. 4). The majority of articles were published by three journals: The Journal of Neurosurgery “29 articles”, the American Journal of Neuroradiology “24 articles”, and Neurosurgery “17 articles” (Fig. 5). Neuroradiologists were the most active in studying DAVF and neurosurgeon ranked as second most contributing speciality. Halbach VV, a neuroradiologist, was the most contributing author to the list by producing 10 publications with an H-index number of four as compared to other top authors (Fig. 6). The top number one most-cited article is titled “Cerebral dural arteriovenous fistulas: Clinical and angiographic correlation with a revised classification of venous drainage” published by Cognard et al. [5], 1995 in Radiology to which it received 977 citations and 39 citations per year.

Fig. 4.

Percentages of the top contributing institutions in which the work has been conducted.

Fig. 5.

The top journals publishing articles on dural arteriovenous fistula in terms of Journal’s Source Normalized Impact Per Paper (SNIP), Journal’s SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), and Journal Impact Factor (IF).

Fig. 6.

The most reputable authors and their corresponding specialty/H-index/publications in the field of dural arteriovenous fistula.

DISCUSSION

Publications on DAVFs went through a distinct revolution, as a result of the improvement in both the radiological techniques as well as the technology used in endovascular evaluation and treatment. In the 1980s, publications addressing DAVFs were initially targeting the surgical aspects and clinical features in the context of surgical interruption of the dura, myelopathy, venous hypertension, and hemodynamics. Late in the 1980s, the research interest was shifted towards the radiological description and endovascular management, in combination with the neurosurgical management. In the 1990s, the vast majority of published articles on DAVFs were assessing the clinicoradiological features. During this period, the diagnostics of DAVFs on MR/angiography and particulate embolization techniques populated most of the publications. In our top-100 cited articles, almost half of the articles were published between 2000-2012. These articles were trending after the advent of some classification systems on DAVFs.

It is noteworthy to mention that the highest cited article was published by Cognard et al., with an accumulative citation count (CC) of 977 and citation per year (CY) 39, respectively. Cognard and his colleagues, in the article published in Radiology 1995 [5], have investigated the clinical features of DAVF and subsequently correlated them with the angiographic features [5]. The authors have classified DAVFs into five types according to their venous drainage [5]. This can allow risk prediction to allow for appropriate decision-making strategies for treatment [5].

The second highest cited article in the top 100 list was published by Rosenblum et al., entitled with 400 CC and 12.12 CY. The authors conducted a comparative analysis between spinal DAVF and AVMs [23]. They have concluded that DAVFs and AVMs are different disease entities in terms of etiology, pathophysiology, symptomatology, radiological findings, and treatment response [23]. In aforementioned article they concluded that DAVFs are responsive to treatment, as opposed to AVMs, in which the neurological risk after complete excision is high [23].

Cerebral

In the present bibliometric analysis, approximately two-thirds of the articles addressed cerebral arteriovenous fistulas in terms of the clinical features, radiological description, and treatment modalities. Peak publications in the cerebral category were between 1995-2012. Some published articles investigated cerebral DAVFs in terms of their intracranial location, that is, tentorial, sphenoid wing, transverse, sigmoid, cavernous, ethmoidal, and confluence of sinuses.

Pathophysiology

In the pathophysiology category, the molecular pathogenesis and histopathological features of cerebral DAVFs were studied in two publications (Rank 35th and 37th) with an average yearly citation of 4.9 and 5.61. Hamada et al. (ranked 37th) investigated the histopathological features of nine patients with cerebral DAVFs [10]. They concluded that abnormal connection between the dural arteries and veins is essential to the pathophysiological process. However, sinus thrombosis is not a key element to the development of cerebral arteriovenous fistulas [10]. Uranishi et al., (ranked 35th) published an article in 1999 with 118 CC [26]. The researchers investigated the role of angiographic growth factors in the development of DAVF [26]. They have proposed that angiographic growth factors, produced as a result of sinus thrombosis, might contribute to the pathogenesis of DAVFs [26].

Clinical

In this bibliometric analysis, 21% of articles investigated the clinical features of cerebral arteriovenous fistulas (Peak=1986-2012). The publications trend in the clinical category focused on classification, natural history, and subsequently on the clinical features. Van Dijk et al. (Ranked 3rd) published an article in 2002 with 359 CC and 19.9 CY [27]. The authors have investigated the long-term follow-up in a cohort of 236 patients [27]. They showed that annual risk of intracranial hemorrhage and neurological deficits in patients with cerebral DAVFs was 8.1% and 6.9%, respectively [27].

Radiological

The publication peak for the articles investigating the radiological description of cerebral DAVF was from 2004- 2011. Most articles were published in neuroradiology-dedicated journals, that is, the American Journal of Neuroradiology and the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Surgical management

The surgical/endovascular management category DAVF peaked in publications between 1989-1999. The article with the highest citations in this category was published by Barnwell et.al. (ranked 33rd) with an average of 121 CC and 3.9 CY [3]. The authors presented their experience with complex DAVF in sixteen patients [3]. Their results confirmed that surgical access to the draining veins, coupled with endovascular therapy, is effective in the management of cranial DAVFs [3].

Endovascular management

In the top-100 list, articles investigating the endovascular management had a publication peak between 1992- 2008. Cognard et al. published an article (ranked 7th) in 2008, which received 211 CC and 17.85 CY [6]. They prospectively studied 30 patients with cerebral DAVFs [6]. Their study revolutionized the treatment strategies for DAVFs, as they were the first to apply and recommend Onyx as a treatment of choice [6].

Spinal

One-third of the articles were addressing spinal DAVFs. These articles peaked in the 21st century (2000-2012). In the 1980s, authors were initially targeting the surgical aspect of DAVFs vs. AVMs. Shortly thereafter, the clinicoradiological description was the area of interest to authors publishing articles on spinal DAVFs. In the 1990s, articles were heterogeneously discussing the endovascular, surgical, pathophysiological, radiological, and clinicoradiological aspects of spinal DAVFs.

Pathophysiology

The pathophysiology category emphasized on the histological features of spinal DAVF. Hurst et al. in their article, published in 1995 in Neurology, addressed the pathophysiology of spinal DAVF [12]. In the present bibliometric analysis, their article received 175 CC and 7 CY (ranked 13th) [12]. This article was the first to report and document the histopathological features of the spinal cord in a patient with spinal DAVF [12]. Their histopathological examination supported the theory of increased venous congestion as a cause of neurological manifestations [12].

Clinical

The clinical category of spinal DAVFs started with articles addressing the clinical features and then shifted towards the long-term outcome. Those articles peaked in publication between 1987-2009. The most cited article in this category with 400 CC and 12.12 CY (ranked 2nd) was published by Rosenblum et al., 1987, in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Jellema et al., 2006, published an article with 154 CC and 11 CY (ranked 18th overall) [13]. The researchers performed a narrative review article discussing spinal DAVF [13]. They postulated that spinal dural fistulas could present with features mimicking polyradiculopathy or anterior horn cell disorders [13]. As a result, healthcare providers should keep a high index of suspicion in any middle-age patient presenting with an ascending sensory and/or motor dysfunction [13]. This allows for the prompt diagnosis of spinal DAVFs early in the course of the disease [13].

Radiological

Publications targeting the neuroradiological description of spinal DAVF peaked in the years 1989-2005. All articles were published in neuroradiology-dedicated journals and were predominantly addressing magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). Luetmer et al. (ranked 93rd) published an article in 2005 with 71 CC and 4.43 CY [16]. The authors evaluated the efficacy of contrast-enhanced angiography in the detection of spinal DAVF [16]. They concluded that the level of the fistula could be predicted using a contrast-enhanced MRA in addition to avoiding radiation exposure and the radiation dose that are associated with angiography [16].

Surgical management

The surgical management and/or the endovascular aspect publications peaked between 1999-2012. Steinmetz and his colleagues (ranked 14th) performed a meta-analysis with 171 CC and 10.7 CY [24]. The main aim of their study was to investigate the role of endovascular, surgical, and combined modalities in the treatment of spinal DAVF [24]. They demonstrated that the surgical management was superior to embolization for the initial obliteration of spinal DAVF as the vast majority of patients improve or remain stable after treatment [24]. Their meta-analysis suggests that the cure rate after surgery can reach up to 98% [24]. In the authors’ perspective, that is based on their experience, surgery should be offered as a first-line therapy for spinal DAVFs [24].

Endovascular management

Out of the top-100 cited articles on spinal DAVFs, studies were mainly addressing the endovascular management alone, in the form of embolization. Nichols et al. (Rank 55th) published an article entitled with 94 CC and 4.48 CY [19]. They assessed the effectiveness of embolization using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) particles in 14 patients with spinal DAVFs [19]. However, in their cohort, embolization with PVA deemed to be ineffective for treating spinal DAVFs [19]. Consequently, they recommend N-butyl cyanoacylate (NBCA) embolization as the treatment of choice for DAVFs [19,23]. Niimi and his colleagues (Rank 17th) published an article with 155 CC and 5.7 CY [20]. The authors investigated the feasibility of the application of embolization in the treatment of spinal DAVF [20]. Of note, they recommend frequent, periodic follow-up for patients with spinal DAVFs, as subsequent deterioration can occur following embolization [20].

Spinal/Cerebral

A few articles had heterogeneous data of spinal and cerebral DAVFs. Mull et al. published an article (2007; CC=101; CY=7.76, ranked 47th) evaluating the efficacy of MRA in the identification of arteriovenous fistula [18]. They concluded that contrast-enhanced MRA could accurately locate arterial feeders of spinal DAVFs, as opposed to only visualizing the dominant arterial feeder in spinal AVMs [18]. Partington et al. in their article (1992; CC=70; CY=2.5, ranked 96th) investigated a series of 7 patients with spinal DAVFs where the nidus was located some distance away from the spinal cord (i.e., remote fistula) [21]. They have supported the theory of venous hypertension as a pathophysiological mechanism in the development of DAVFs, irrespective of the location [21].

Limitations

Finally, there are few limitations that need to be acknowledged when interpreting the results of the current bibliometric analysis. Older articles published in the literature are likely to receive more citations over time than recently published ones. Second, self-citations in some articles might inflate the actual number of the total CC. However, numerous efforts were taken to overcome the obstacles in the study. The CY was calculated for all articles to compensate for the studies published in recent years. Additionally, the rate of self-citation was minimal (<5%), and therefore, the CC closely reflects its true value. Disease-specific limitations exist due to the controversial definition of DAVF and its reporting embedded within articles discussing AVM. This might have led to missing some article in the present bibliometric title-based search.

CONCLUSIONS

In the top-100 most cited articles on DAVF, most studies were published in neurosurgery/neuroradiology-dedicated journals. The clinical aspect, in the form of clinical features and natural history, was the most investigated category on sural arteriovenous fistula. The top-2 most recognized articles were published in the Journal of Radiology and Journal of Neurosurgery, respectively. Neuroradiologists, followed by neurosurgeons, were the most contributing authors in the field of DAVF. This bibliometric analysis identifies the publication trends and provides a comprehensive overview of the most influential articles addressing DAVF.

Notes

Disclosure

The authors report no conflict of interest concerning the materials or methods used in this study or the findings specified in this paper.

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Fig. 1.

Publication trends for the top-100 most cited articles between 1983-2012.

Fig. 2.

Categorical distribution of the main topics addressing dural arteriovenous fistula in the top-100 cited articles.

Fig. 3.

Geographical distribution of the country of origin contributing to the top-100 cited articles.

Fig. 4.

Percentages of the top contributing institutions in which the work has been conducted.

Fig. 5.

The top journals publishing articles on dural arteriovenous fistula in terms of Journal’s Source Normalized Impact Per Paper (SNIP), Journal’s SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), and Journal Impact Factor (IF).

Fig. 6.

The most reputable authors and their corresponding specialty/H-index/publications in the field of dural arteriovenous fistula.

Table 1.

Summary of the top-100 most cited articles on dural arteriovenous fistula in the literature

Rank Authors Title Journal Name CC CY
1st Cognard C et al., 1995 Cerebral dural arteriovenous fistulas: Clinical and angiographic correlation with a revised classification of venous drainage Radiology 977 39.08
2nd Rosenblum B et al., 1987 Spinal arteriovenous malformations: A comparison of dural arteriovenous fistulas and intradural AVM's in 81 patients Journal of Neurosurgery 400 12.12
3rd Van Dijk JM et al., 2002 Clinical course of cranial dural arteriovenous fistulas with long-term persistent cortical venous reflux Stroke 359 19.94
4th Davies MA et al., 1996 The validity of classification for the clinical presentation of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas Journal of Neurosurgery 226 9.41
5th Roy and Raymond, 1997 The role of transvenous embolization in the treatment of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas Neurosurgery 216 9.39
6th Brown RD Jr et al., 1994 Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulae: Angiographic predictors of intracranial hemorrhage and clinical outcome in nonsurgical patients Journal of Neurosurgery 214 8.23
7th Cognard C et al., 2008 Endovascular treatment of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas with cortical venous drainage: New management using onyx American Journal of Neuroradiology 211 17.58
8th Duffau H et al.,1999 Early rebleeding from intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas: Report of 20 cases and review of the literature Journal of Neurosurgery 210 10
9th Krings and Geibprasert, 2009 Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas American Journal of Neuroradiology 191 17.36
10th Van Dijk JMC et al., 2002 Multidisciplinary management of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: Clinical presentation and long-term follow-up in 49 patients Stroke 184 10.2
11th Klisch J et al., 2003 Transvenous treatment of carotid cavernous and dural arteriovenous fistulae: Results for 31 patients and review of the literature Neurosurgery 179 10.52
12th Gilbertson JR et al., 1995 Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: MR and myelographic findings American Journal of Neuroradiology 175 7
13th Hurst RW et al., 1995 Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula: The pathology of venous hypertensive myelopathy Neurology 175 7
14th Steinmetz MP et al., 2004 Outcome after the treatment of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae: A contemporary single-institution series and meta-analysis Neurosurgery 171 10.68
15th Satomi J et al., 2002 Benign cranial dural arteriovenous fistulas: Outcome of conservative management based on the natural history of the lesion Journal of Neurosurgery 166 9.22
16th Hurst RW et al., 1998 Dementia resulting from dural arteriovenous fistulas: The pathologic findings of venous hypertensive encephalopathy American Journal of Neuroradiology 158 7.18
17th Niimi Y et al., 1997 Embolization of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae: Results and follow-up Neurosurgery 155 6.7
18th Jellema K et al.,2006 Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: A congestive myelopathy that initially mimics a peripheral nerve disorder Brain 154 11
19th Hassler W et al., 1989 Hemodynamics of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas. An intraoperative study Journal of Neurosurgery 146 4.7
20th Gandhi D et al., 2012 Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas: Classification, imaging findings, and treatment American Journal of Neuroradiology 143 17.87
21st Lalwani AK et al., 1993 Grading venous restrictive disease in patients with dural arteriovenous fistulas of the transverse/sigmoid sinus Journal of Neurosurgery 143 5.29
22nd Criscuolo GR et al., 1989 Reversible acute and subacute myelopathy in patients with dural arteriovenous fistulas. Foix-Alajouanine syndrome reconsidered Journal of Neurosurgery 142 4.58
23rd Cognard C et al., 1998 Dural arteriovenous fistulas as a cause of intracranial hypertension due to impairment of cranial venous outflow Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 139 6.31
24th Thompson BG et al., 1994 Treatment of cranial dural arteriovenous fistulae by interruption of leptomeningeal venous drainage Journal of Neurosurgery 138 5.3
25th Nogueira RG et al., 2008 Preliminary experience with onyx embolization for the treatment of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas American Journal of Neuroradiology 137 11.41
26th Oldfield EH et al., 1983 Successful treatment of a group of spinal cord arteriovenous malformations by interruption of dural fistula Journal of Neurosurgery 136 3.67
27th Kiyosue H et al., 2004 Treatment of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas: Current strategies based on location and hemodynamics, and alternative techniques of transcatheter embolization Radiographics 134 8.37
28th Nelson PK et al., 2003 Use of a wedged microcatheter for curative transarterial embolization of complex intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas: Indications, endovascular technique, and outcome in 21 patients Journal of Neurosurgery 130 7.64
29th Kwon BJ et al., 2005 MR imaging findings of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas: Relations with venous drainage patterns American Journal of Neuroradiology 127 8.46
30th Jellema K et al., 2003 Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: Clinical features in 80 patients Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 125 7.35
31st Willinsky RA et al., 1999 Tortuous, engorged pial veins in intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas: Correlations with presentation, location, and MR findings in 122 patients American Journal of Neuroradiology 125 5.95
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