Hypoplasia, stenosis and other alterations of the vertebral artery: Does impaired blood rheology manifest a hidden disease?

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 398-403

  Oder, B ^a   Oder, W ^b   Lang, W ^a   Marschnigg, E ^a   Deecke, L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Rehabilitation Center Meidling   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hemorheology; Hypoplasia; Stenosis; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; SHEAR STRESS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0031830912     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb05973.x     Document Type: Article

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