Clinical significance of echocontrast enhancement in neurosonology: Aim of the study;Klinische bedeutung der echokontrastverstarkung in der neurovaskularen diagnostik: Erfahrungsbericht nach einjahriger offener anwendungsstudie

Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 466-473

  Nabavi, D G ^a,b   Droste, D W ^c   Schulte Altedorneburg, G ^c   Kemeny V ^c   Panzica, M ^c   Weber, S ^c   Ringelstein, E B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508; CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0031794663     PISSN: 07204299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-995286     Document Type: Article

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