Management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: Perspectives on endosaccular coiling and persistent uncertainties

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 743-744

  Piepgras, David G ^a   Brown Jr , Robert D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular treatment; Intracranial aneurysm

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; STROKE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROSURGERY; NOTE; UNCERTAINTY;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 41249100310     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.501007     Document Type: Editorial

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