Compression of the visual pathway by anterior cerebral artery aneurysm

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 204-207

  Bakker, S L M ^a   Hasan, D ^b   Bijvoet, H W C ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intracranial aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Visual field defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOPHTHALMIA; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TRACT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0032987777     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb07347.x     Document Type: Article

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