Quadrigeminal non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage - A true variant of perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage. Case report

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-98

  Schwartz, Theodore H ^a   Farkas, Jeffrey ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Perimesencephalic; Quadrigeminal; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PERIMESENCEPHALIC NON ANEURYSMAL SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037384923     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(02)00112-9     Document Type: Article

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