Giant and large peripheral cerebral aneurysms: Etiopathologic considerations, endovascular treatment and long-term follow-up

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1685-1692

  Biondi, Alessandra ^a   Jean, B ^a   Vivas, E ^a   Le Jean, L ^a   Boch, A L ^a   Chiras, J ^a   Van Effenterre, R ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RANKIN SCALE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748783827     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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