Surgical Neurology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 18-25 , January 2006

Size and location of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms measured by 3-dimensional rotational angiography

  • Jürgen Beck, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe–University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 69 6301 5295; fax: +49 69 6301 7175.
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  • Stefan Rohde, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neuroradiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe–University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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  • Joachim Berkefeld, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neuroradiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe–University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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  • Volker Seifert, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe–University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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  • Andreas Raabe, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe–University, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Received 3 January 2005 ,Accepted 11 May 2005.

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PII: S0090-3019(05)00372-1

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.05.019

Surgical Neurology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 18-25 , January 2006

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