Management of intracranial aneurysm causing a third cranial nerve palsy: MRA, CTA or DSA?

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-150

  Vaphiades, Michael S ^a,b   Cure, Joel ^a   Kline, Lanning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Computed tomography angiography (CTA) or intra arterial digital subtraction angiography (DSA); Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA); Oculomotor nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYDRIASIS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42449108269     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530801978534     Document Type: Article

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