Intracranial aneurysms in sickle cell patients: report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-299

  Brandão, Rafael Augusto Castro Santiago ^a   de Carvalho, Gervásio Teles C ^a   Reis, Baltazar Leão ^a   Bahia, Enderson ^a   de Souza, Atos Alves ^a  

^a Santa Casa Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysms; Sickle cell disease; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67749116536     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.03.044     Document Type: Article

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