Impact of the lunar cycle on the incidence of intracranial aneurysm rupture: Myth or reality?

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 462-465

  Ali, Youssef ^a   Rahme, Ralph ^a   Matar, Nayla ^a   Ibrahim, Ibrahim ^a   Menassa Moussa, Lina ^a   Maarrawi, Joseph ^a   Rizk, Tony ^a   Nohra, Georges ^a   Okais, Nabil ^a   Samaha, Elie ^a   Moussa, Ronald ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Climate; Intracranial aneurysm; Lunar cycle; Moon phase; Season; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOON; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FOLKLORE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LEBANON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOON; PERIODICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEASONS;

EID: 43149094660     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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