Ruptured vertebrobasilar aneurysms: Frequency of the nonaneurysmal perimesencephalic pattern of hemorrhage on CT scans

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 657-660

  Kallmes, David F ^a   Clark, Hollins P ^a   Dix, James E ^a   Cloft, Harry J ^a   Evans, Avery J ^a   Dion, Jacques E ^a   Kassell, Neal F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, cerebral; Brain, CT; Brain, hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0029848752     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.3.8939211     Document Type: Article

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