Dissecting aneurysms limited to the basilar artery: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-221

  Mori, Kentaro ^a   Nakayama, Toshiyuki ^a   Cho, Kajin ^a   Hirano, Akira ^a   Maeda, Minoru ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Dissecting aneurysm; Stroke; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Transpetrosal approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006157435     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3057(98)80011-6     Document Type: Article

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