Aneurysm size: A prognostic factor for rupture

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 144-149

  Orz, Y ^a,b   Kobayashi, S ^a   Osawa, M ^a   Tanaka, Y ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm site; Aneurysm size; Cerebral aneurysm; Ruptured aneurysm; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Unruptured aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030984608     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699746500     Document Type: Article

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