Provocative test occlusion or the Matas test: Who was Rudolph Matas?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 926-928

  Wang, Huan ^a   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a   Kraus, Robert R ^a   Fraser, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Occlusion test; Rudolph Matas; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MATAS TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EPONYMS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROLOGY; PORTRAITS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0037382697     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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