A ten percent prevalence of asymptomatic familial intracranial aneurysms: preliminary report on 110 magnetic resonance angiography studies in members of 21 Finnish familial intracranial aneurysm families.

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The population in eastern Finland has been stable for generations, causing a high degree of genetic isolation and providing excellent possibilities for follow-up studies. Of 91 families with familial intracranial aneurysms, 21 were randomly selected for prospective magnetic resonance angiography studies for intracranial aneurysms. Sixteen intracranial aneurysms were detected in 11 asymptomatic family members of a...

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