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Risk factors for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in an Indian population.
Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Feb 2010
Koshy Linda, Easwer H V, Premkumar S, Alapatt Jacob P, Pillai A Marthanda, Nair Suresh, Bhattacharya R N, Banerjee Moinak
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BACKGROUND: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) has a mortality rate as high as 50%. The prevalence of intracranial aneurysms from various parts of India varies from 0.75 to 10.3%, with higher numbers of cases being diagnosed due to the increasing age of the population and improvements in imaging techniques. However, little is known about the attributable risk factors of aSAH in the Indian population....
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