Isolated dissections and dissecting aneurysms of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery: Topic and literature review

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 180-187

  Tawk, Rabih G ^a   Bendok, Bernard R ^a   Qureshi, Adnan I ^b   Getch, Christopher C ^a   Srinivasan, Jayashree ^a   Alberts, Mark ^a   Russell, Eric J ^a   Batjer, H Hunt ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissecting aneurysm; Isolated dissections; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0038494644     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-002-0231-z     Document Type: Article

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