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Research Article| Volume 6, ISSUE 4, P253-257, April 1997

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Decision-making for intracranial aneurysm treatment: When to select surgery, and when to select endovascular therapy

  • Neil A. Martin
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    Address reprint requests to Neil A. Martin, MD, Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7039.
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    Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA., USA
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