Regional differences in outcome from subarachnoid haemorrhage: comparative audit
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Regional differences in outcome from subarachnoid haemorrhage: comparative audit.
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controlled trial, they are able to state that for ruptured aneurysms of the inte carotid artery at or near the origin of the posterior communicating vessel, c ligation in the neck produces results far superior to conservative treatment, proVr^j1e that the patients are not unconscious or dying of an intra-cranial haematoma. trial is still proceeding and it is anticipated that further pronounceme...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38084.592639.ae