World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 84-92 , February 2010

Size of ruptured intracranial saccular aneurysms in patients in Izumo City, Japan

  • Tetsuji Inagawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Neurosurgery, Araki Neurosurgical Hospital, Hiroshima, Hiroshima 733-0821, Japan. Tel.: +81 082 272 1114; fax: +81 082 272 7048.

Received 2 May 2009 ,Accepted 2 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.07.001

World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 84-92 , February 2010

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