Intracranial aneurysms and arterial hypertension: A review and hypothesis

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 530-542

  Inci, Servet ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Intracranial aneurysms; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0034209818     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00244-5     Document Type: Article

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