Dissecting aneurysm of the intracranial vertebral artery associated with proximal focal degeneration of the elastica. A comparative pathological study of the vertebral artery in patients with and without aneurysms

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 431-437

  Yamada, Masaru ^a   Miyasaka, Yoshio ^b   Yagishita, Saburo ^c   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^d   Batjer, H Hunt ^e  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yamato Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Dissecting aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PATHOGENESIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0142186794     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00324-0     Document Type: Article

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