Magnetic resonance angiography and clinical evaluation of third nerve palsies and posterior communicating artery aneurysms

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-234

  Kupersmith, Mark J ^a   Heller, Gordon ^b   Cox, Terry A ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance angiography; Posterior communicating aneurysm; Third nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PAIN; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33747311371     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.2.228     Document Type: Article

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