The effect of changes in barometric pressure on the risk of rupture of intracranial aneurysms

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-195

  Landers, A T ^a   Narotam, P K ^b,c   Govender, S T ^a   Van Dellen, J R ^a  

^a Wentworth Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barometric pressure; Berry aneurysm; Brain haemorrhage; Meteorologial variables; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Weather related events

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOM; WEATHER;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0030942676     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699746230     Document Type: Article

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