Intracranial aneurysms in an African country

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 613-616

  Ogeng'o, Julius A ^a   Otieno, Beda O ^a   Kilonzi, Justus ^a   Sinkeet, Simeon R ^a   Muthoka, Johnstone M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Intracranial aneurysms; Site

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN SURGERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEGRO; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849108534     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.57816     Document Type: Article

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