Subarachnoid hemorrhage of unknown origin and the basilar artery configuration

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-78

  Lang, Erhard W ^a,b   Khodair, A ^a,c   Barth, H ^a   Hempelmann, R G ^a   Dorsch, N W C ^b   Mehdorn, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Al Azhar University Hospitals   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Non perimesencephalic hemorrhage; Perimesencephalic hemorrhage; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0037212725     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(02)00124-8     Document Type: Article

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