Preliminary results on the management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms with magnetic resonance angiography and computed tomographic angiography

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 947-957

  Harrison, Michael J ^a,b   Johnson, Blake A ^a   Gardner, Gilbert M ^a   Welling, Blake G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter angiography; Computed tomographic angiography; Magnetic resonance angiography; Management; Unruptured aneurysms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0030917976     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199705000-00014     Document Type: Article

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