Anterior and non-anterior ruptured aneurysms: memory and frontal lobe function performance following coiling

L Manning1, L Pierot, A Dufour

  • 1Laboratoire de Neurosciences Comportementales et Cognitives UMR 7521 IFR 37 and ULP, Strasbourg, France. lilianne-manning@psycho-ulp.u-strasbg.fr

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