Background and Purpose—The estimates on the prevalence and the risk of rupture of
intracranial saccular aneurysms vary widely between studies. We conducted a systematic review …

Subarachnoid haemorrhage accounts for only 5% of strokes, but occurs at a fairly young age.
Sudden headache is the cardinal feature, but patients might not report the mode of onset. …

… Algra and J. van Gijn, unpublished data). The improvement in the first year and a half shows
that long-term follow-up is essential in studies on effectiveness of new treatment strategies …

… Rankin J: Cerebral vascular accidents in patients over the age of 60. 2. Prognosis. … M,
Teasdale GM, van Crevel H, van Gijn J: Antifibrinorytic treatment in subarachnoid hemorrhage. …

OBJECTIVE White matter lesions are often seen on MR scans of elderly non-demented and
demented people. They are attributed to degenerative changes of small vessels and are …

Cerebral white matter lesions are a common finding on MRI in elderly persons. We studied
the prevalence of white matter lesions and their relation with classic cardiovascular risk …

Background and Purpose—In clinical trials and observational studies there is considerable
inconsistency in the use of definitions to describe delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) after …

Background During the last three decades, new management strategies have been developed
for patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. To assess whether the case-…

Cerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) have been associated with cognitive dysfunction.
Whether periventricular or subcortical WMLs relate differently to cognitive function is still …

… Jan van Gijn … Steering Committee—SFTM de Bruijn, GJ Luijckx, R van Oostenbrugge,
J Stam, and J Boiten (all principal investigators of an actively randomising centre) and of the …