Internal carotid aplasia/hypoplasia and intracranial saccular aneurysms: Series of three new cases and systematic review of the literature

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-147

  Zink, Walter E ^a,c   Komotar, Ricardo J ^b   Meyers, Phillip M ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aplasia; Hypoplasia; Internal carotid artery; Rete mirabile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APLASIA; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID RETE MIRABILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY APLASIA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY HYPOPLASIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACCULAR ANEURYSM;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 34247187492     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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