Intercenter agreement in reading Doppler embolic signals: A multicenter international study

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1307-1310

  Markus, Hugh S ^a,f   Ackerstaff, Rob ^b   Babikian, Viken ^g   Bladin, Chris ^c   Droste, Dirk ^g   Grosset, Donald ^d   Levi, Chris ^c   Russell, David ^g   Siebler, Mario ^g   Tegeler, Charles ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Carotid artery diseases; Cerebral embolism; Observer variation; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030742981     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.7.1307     Document Type: Article

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