Embolic bacterial aneurysm of the basilar artery: Case report

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 440-444

  Roberts, G ^a   Allcutt, D ^a   Farrell, M ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Bacterial; Basilar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; BASILAR ARTERY; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031692186     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699844664     Document Type: Article

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