Clinicopathological features of non-atherosclerotic cerebral arterial trunk aneurysms

Neuropathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-97

  Mizutani, Tohru ^a   Kojima, Hideaki ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN TAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive intimal thickening; Cerebral arterial trunk aneurysm; Classification; Dissecting aneurysm; Fusiform aneurysm; Internal elastic lamina

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS;

EID: 0034111381     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2000.00277.x     Document Type: Review

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