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Arteriovenous malformation and dementia: A case report

Malformação arteriovenosa e demência: relato de caso

ABSTRACT

Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a congenital lesion commonly associated with intracranial hemorrhage. We describe a woman with an AVM (Spetzler-Martin grade V) and presenile progressive dementia. The association between AVM and cognition is discussed.

Key words:
dementia; arteriovenous malformation; cognition

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