Sex-related differences in human cerebral hemodynamics

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 324-327

  Marinoni, M ^a   Ginanneschi, A ^a   Inzitari, D ^a   Mugnai, S ^a   Amaducci, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral circulation; Inter hemispheric difference; Sex difference; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031898184     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb05961.x     Document Type: Article

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