The natural course of unruptured cerebral aneurysms in a Japanese cohort

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 2474-2482

  Morita, Akio ^a,b   Kirino, Takaaki ^c   Hashi, Kazuo ^d   Aoki, Noriaki ^e,f   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^g   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^h   Nakayama, Takeo ⁱ   Sakai, Michi ^f   Teramoto, Akira ^j,k   Tominari, Shinjiro ⁱ   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Kanto Teishin Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Pacific Neurosurgical Consulting   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f Outcomes Research and Development Japan CHORD J   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^j NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^k Japan Neurosurgical Society   (Japan)

^l The National Center for University Entrance Examinations   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SACCULAR ANEURYSM;

EID: 84862874996     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1113260     Document Type: Article

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