Spontaneous thrombosis of a traumatic posterior cerebral artery aneurysm in a child

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-60

  Morón, Fanny ^a   Benndorf, Goetz ^a   Akpek, Sergin ^a   Dempsy, Robert ^b   Strother, Charles Milton ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; INJURY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; REMISSION;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CALCINOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18744378595     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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