Intracranial aneurysms in Marfan's syndrome: An autopsy study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 866-871

  Schievink, Wouter I ^a,b   Parisi, Joseph E ^a   Piepgras, David G ^a   Michels, Virginia V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cerebral aneurysm; Dissecting aneurysm; Marfan's syndrome; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0030862054     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199710000-00019     Document Type: Article

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