Open AccessExploring the Age of Intracranial Aneurysms Using Carbon Birth Dating
Author(s) -
Nima Etminan,
Rita Dreier,
Bruce A. Buchholz,
Peter Brückner,
HansJakob Steiger,
Daniel Hänggi,
R. Loch Macdonald
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.112.673806
Subject(s) - aneurysm , medicine , radiology , surgery
There is a controversy about the time span over which cerebral aneurysms develop. In particular, it is unknown whether collagen in ruptured aneurysms undergoes more rapid turnover than in unruptured aneurysms.(14)C birth dating of collagen could be used to address this question.
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