Transiently increased basilar artery flow velocity following severe head injury: A time course transcranial Doppler study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 629-636

  Hadani, Moshe ^a   Bruk, Bella ^a   Ram, Zvi ^a   Knoller, Nahshon ^a   Bass, Arie ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Blood flow velocity; Head injury; Ultrasonics; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; VASOSPASM; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030842652     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1997.14.629     Document Type: Article

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