Small (< 10-mm) incidentally found intracranial aneurysms, Part 1: Reasons for detection, demographics, location, and risk factors in 212 consecutive patients

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Loumiotis, Ioannis ^a   Wagenbach, Anne ^b   Brown Jr , Robert D ^b   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain aneurysm; Cerebral angiography; Embolization; Stroke; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863115474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.9.FOCUS11234     Document Type: Article

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