Unruptured intracranial aneurysms: Epidemiology, natural history, management options, and familial screening

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 393-404

  Brown, Robert D ^a   Broderick, Joseph P ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANXIETY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING; STRESS; SURGICAL CLIPPING; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM;

HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM;

EID: 84896085210     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70015-8     Document Type: Review

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