title: Therapeutic modalities in symptomatic intracranial arterial occlusive disease.
abstract: Intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) is a frequent cause of stroke that is sometimes underdiagnosed. In this review, we survey the literature concerning ICAD and present the prognostic factors and the therapeutic options pertinent to it by comparing medical, surgical and endovascular approaches.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. jcohenns@yahoo.com
authors: José E
authors: JE
authors: Cohen
authors: John Moshe
authors: JM
authors: Gomori
authors: Felix
authors: F
authors: Umansky
authors: Ronen R
authors: RR
authors: Leker
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis