Multiple cerebral aneurysms in identical twins

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 973-976

  Hagen, T ^a   Neidl, K ^a   Piepgras, U ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, cerebral; Familial conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VOMITING;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031392153     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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