Treatment strategies for intracranial fusiform aneurysms

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 743-753

  Anson, J A ^a  

^a Western Regional Center for Brain & Spine Surgery   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0031739318     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-3680(18)30226-2     Document Type: Review

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