Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: Guidance in making the correct diagnosis

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 957, 2005, Pages 470-473

  Liebenberg, W A ^a,b   Worth, R ^b   Firth, G B ^c   Olney, J ^b   Morris, J S ^b  

^a Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22344449015     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.023788     Document Type: Article

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