Size, location, and multiplicity of ruptured intracranial aneurysms in the Hong Kong Chinese population with subarachnoid haemorrhage

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 262-266

  Lai, H P ^a   Cheng, K M ^a   Yu, Simon C H ^b   Au Yeung, K M ^c   Cheung, Y L ^a   Chan, C M ^a   Poon, W S ^b   Lui, W M ^d  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, ruptured; Intracranial aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHINESE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 70349428430     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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