title: Letter by Desai et al regarding article, "Role of balloon-expandable stents in intracranial atherosclerotic disease in a series of 182 patients".
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.
authors.forename: Sohum K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murph
authors.forename: Rudiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Von Ritschl
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*