Spontaneous isolated convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage: Presentation, radiological findings, differential diagnosis, and clinical course - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1034-1041

  Refai, Daniel ^a   Botros, James A ^a   Strom, Russell G ^a   Derdeyn, Colin P ^a,b   Sharma, Aseem ^b   Zipfel, Gregory J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage; Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage; Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HEADACHE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LUPUS VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149387273     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS.2008.109.12.1034     Document Type: Article

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