Intracranial aneurysms: Review of current treatment options and outcomes

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn JUL, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Seibert, Brad ^a   Tummala, Ramachandra P ^b   Chow, Ricky ^a,b   Faridar, Alireza ^b   Mousavi, Seyed A ^c   Divani, Afshin A ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Clipping; Coiling; Endovascular surgery; Flow diversion; Stents; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862945173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2011.00045     Document Type: Article

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