Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 7 , Pages 563-571 , September 2010

Application of multislice computed tomographic angiography in diagnosis and treatment of intracranial aneurysms

  • Wenhua Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University, 185 Juqian Street, 213003 Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 13861160060; fax: +86 519 86605089.
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  • Yilin Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University, 213003 Changzhou, PR China
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  • Wei Xing

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University, 185 Juqian Street, 213003 Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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  • Jianguo Qiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University, 185 Juqian Street, 213003 Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, PR China
    • ,
  • Ya Peng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University, 213003 Changzhou, PR China

Received 1 March 2009 ,Revised 19 January 2010 ,Accepted 29 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.04.022

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 7 , Pages 563-571 , September 2010

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