Intracranial aneurysms

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-40

  Schievink, Wouter I ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEADACHE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031027274     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199701023360106     Document Type: Review

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