Treatment of intracranial aneurysms: Surgical clipping or endovascular coiling? [1] (multiple letters)

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 682-683

  Tamargo, Rafael J ^a   Rigamonti, Daniele ^a   Murphy, Kieran ^a   Gailloud, Philippe ^a   Conway, James E ^a   Clatterbuck, Richard E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035022561     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.1041     Document Type: Letter

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