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Acknowledgement

A number of colleagues assisted me in the preparation of this manuscript. To all of them I owe my most sincere thanks.

The original groundwork on the section of central AVMs was prepared some time ago by Dr. St. C. Boone. The early work on cerebellar AVMs was done by Dr. R. M. Crowell. Dr. M. D. Lusk composed much of the work on hemodynamics of AVMs. Dr. R.D. Smith, New Orleans, reviewed and compiled the clinical material.

Professor P. Kleihues reviewed the section on pathogenesis. Professor R. Meyermann contributed the section on histology and electron microscopic findings. Dr. H. G. Imhof reviewed the statistics regarding hemodynamics.

Virtually the entire work was then reorganized and expanded. Many new ideas and concepts were introduced and older ones reevaluated in the light of more recent literature. The manuscripts were then redrafted. In doing this I was helped by my colleagues Professor A. Valavanis and Dr. P.J. Teddy, to whom I owe special thanks.

Dr. K. R. Smith, St. Louis, reviewed the manuscript during his visit to Zurich in summer 1986. Final careful review of the entire manuscript with corrections and proofreading of the galley proofs were then done by Dr. G. F. Cravens, Dr. M. V. Reichman and Dr. M. V. Yancey.

The anatomical pictures, figures, and the text were contributed by Professor St. Kubik.

Mr. O. Reinhard and his co-workers (Department of Surgical Photography), produced the excellent photographic reproductions for the text.

One of the most outstanding contributions to the whole series of these books has been that of Mr. P. Roth. He has done all of the drawings and diagrams and helped me meticulously in preparing the lay-out and the corrections.

A very special thanks goes to both Mrs. M. Traber and Mrs. M. Jent who worked wonders with typing of the manuscript, verification of statistics and literature references, and deciphering illegible handwriting.

Finally I would like to cordially thank Dr. h.c. G. Hauff, owner of Georg Thieme Verlag, and his staff, especially Mr. R. Zeller, for their help, cooperation and patience in the preparation of these volumes.

M. G. Yaşargil