Partially thrombosed intracranial aneurysms: Symptoms, evolution, and therapeutic management

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2133-2142

  Roccatagliata, Luca ^a,b   Guédin, Pierre ^a   Condette Auliac, Stéphanie ^a   Gaillard, Stephan ^a   Colas, Frédéric ^a   Boulin, Anne ^a   Wang, Adrien ^a   Guieu, Stéphanie ^a   Rodesch, Georges ^a  

^a FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intracranial aneurysm; Intracranial dissecting aneurysm; Partially thrombosed cerebral aneurysm; Therapeutic embolization

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON EMBOLIZATION; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PARTIAL THROMBOSED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PARTIALLY THROMBOSED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651069321     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0772-9     Document Type: Article

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