Evaluation of patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage and negative angiography

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1139-1150

  Little, Andrew S ^a   Garrett, Mark ^a   Germain, Rasha ^a   Farhataziz, Nabeel ^b   Albuquerque, Felipe C ^a   McDougall, Cameron G ^a   Zabramski, Joseph M ^a   Nakaji, Peter ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Angiography; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE TUMOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37649020002     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000306091.30517.e7     Document Type: Article

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