Identical cerebral aneurysms in siblings: Report of two families

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-84

  Hager, Pablo ^a,b   Steiger, Hans Jakob ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral vascular embryology; Congenital anomaly; Familial cerebral aneurysms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLIP; COLLAGEN DEFECT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SIBLING; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0344739818     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.02.009     Document Type: Article

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