Unruptured intracranial aneurysms: Their illusive natural history and why subgroup statistics cannot provide normative criteria for clinical decisions or selection criteria for a randomized trial

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 210-216

  Raymond, J ^a   Roy, D ^a   Weill, A ^a   Guilbert, F ^a   Nguyen, T ^a   Molyneux, A J ^b   Fox, A J ^c   Johnston, S C ^d   Cognard, C ^e   Pierot, L ^f   Meder, J F ^g   Rouleau, Isabelle ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CHU PURPAN   (France)

^f HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁱ NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Natural history; Therapy; Unruptured intracranial aneurysms

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROIMAGING; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING ERROR; STATISTICS;

EID: 43849109222     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2007.12.001     Document Type: Review

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