Secular pattern of aneurismal rupture with the lunar cycle and season

Interventional Neuroradiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 60-63

  Banfield, Jillian C ^a   Abdolell, Mohamed ^a   Shankar, Jai S ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Coil; Computed tomography; Endovascular coiling; Environmental factors; Full moon; Haemorrhage; Intracranial aneurysm; Lunar cycle; New moon; Ruptured intracranial aneurysm; Seasonality; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AUTUMN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGREE OF ILLUMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FULL MOON; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LUNAR CYCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOON; NEW MOON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEASON; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUMMER; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLIZATION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; RISK FACTOR; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85014321470     PISSN: 15910199     EISSN: 23852011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1591019916675632     Document Type: Review

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