Side-to-side differences of the common carotid artery diameter in presence of asymmetry of the circle of Willis or different vasculopathies

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-223

  Bingzhen, Cao ^a   Yasaka, Masahiro ^a   Kimura, Kazumi ^a   Nagatsuka, Kazuyuki ^a   Minematsu, Kazuo ^a   Yamaguchi, Takenori ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common carotid artery diameter; Vasculopathies; Willis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; AORTITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

AORTITIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0032451453     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(98)00072-X     Document Type: Article

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