Clinical lessons and risk factors from 403 fatal cases of subarachnoid haemorrhage

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 921-924

  Gambhir, Shanu ^a   O'Grady, Gregory ^a   Koelmeyer, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Fatal outcome; Intracranial aneurysm; New Zealand; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXERCISE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SLEEP; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BIOPSY; CHILD; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349205854     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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