Transcranial Doppler assessment of the lower cerebral autoregulatory threshold

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-45

  Lewis, S B ^a   Wong, M L H ^b   Bannan, P E ^b   Piper, I R ^b   Reilly, P L ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Cerebral autoregulation; Cerebral blood flow; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003849802     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(99)90602-1     Document Type: Article

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