Aortic arch as a source of cerebral emboli;Der Aortenbogen als Emboliequelle zerebraler Infarkte

Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 367-374

  Kaps, M ^a   Rauh, J R ^a   Lieberknecht, M ^b   Druschky, K F ^a  

^a Neurologische Klinik   (Germany)

^b Medizinische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 0029746019     PISSN: 07204299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-996580     Document Type: Article

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