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Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Geography has a role
Author(s) -
Ramnarayan Ramachandran,
Dominic Anto,
Jacob Paul Alapatt
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_301_16
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , subarachnoid hemorrhage , aneurysm , indian subcontinent , pediatrics , surgery , history , ancient history , physics , optics
The incidence of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) reported in the literature has been very variable. Many authors have proposed a geographical variation in incidence, but others have dismissed this as being due to insufficient pickup rate. In India also, these arguments abound. Our aim was to find out if geographical variations exist in the incidence of aneurysmal SAH and whether the incidence of aneurysmal SAH was truly less in India as compared to the literature.