Visual loss from a dolichoectatic anterior cerebral artery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 576-

  Rivet, Dennis J ^a,b   Dacey, Ralph G ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Box 8131 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dolichoectasia; Microvascular decompression; Optic nerve disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOLICHOECTASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BLINDNESS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 16244363367     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.3.0576     Document Type: Article

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