Prevalence and natural history of arachnoid cysts in adults ; Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-231

  Al Holou, Wajd N ^a   Terman, Samuel ^a   Kilburg, Craig ^a   Garton, Hugh J L ^a   Muraszko, Karin M ^a   Maher, Cormac O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Natural history; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID CYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYGROMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIGEMINAL CISTERN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARACHNOID CYSTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873621742     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.10.JNS12548     Document Type: Review

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