Surgical Neurology
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 553-563 , June 2007

Microneurosurgical management of distal middle cerebral artery aneurysms

  • Reza Dashti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki 00260, Finland
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  • Juha Hernesniemi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki 00260, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358 50 4270220; fax: +358 9 47187560.
    • ,
  • Mika Niemelä, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki 00260, Finland
    • ,
  • Jaakko Rinne, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio 70211, Finland
    • ,
  • Martin Lehecka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki 00260, Finland
    • ,
  • Hu Shen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki 00260, Finland
    • ,
  • Hanna Lehto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki 00260, Finland
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  • Baki S. Albayrak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki 00260, Finland
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  • Antti Ronkainen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio 70211, Finland
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  • Timo Koivisto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio 70211, Finland
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  • Juha E. Jääskeläinen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio 70211, Finland

Received 5 February 2007 ,Accepted 8 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.03.023

Surgical Neurology
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 553-563 , June 2007

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