Unruptured intracranial aneurysms: A review

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-42

  Weir, Bryce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Unruptured aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLIP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0036125665     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.96.1.0003     Document Type: Review

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