Subarachnoid haemorrhage of unknown cause: Clinical, neuroradiological and evolutive aspects

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 274-282

  Berdoz, Didier ^a   Uske, Antoine ^a   De Tribolet, Nicolas ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Negative panangiography; Perimesencephalic subarachnoid haemorrhage; Prognosis; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544308768     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(98)90062-5     Document Type: Article

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