Diagnostic criteria for transcranial colour-coded duplex sonography evaluation of cross-flow through the circle of Willis in unilateral obstructive carotid artery disease

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 243, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 516-521

  Baumgartner, Ralf W ^a   Baumgartner, Iris ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotid artery obstruction; Cerebral collateral circulation; Diagnostic criteria; Transcranial colour coded duplex sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029894356     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00886873     Document Type: Article

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