Compression of the vertebral arteries during head rotation - A possible cause of sudden infant death?;Kompression der vertebralarterien bei kopfrotation - Eine mogliche ursache des plotzlichen sauglingstodes?

Somnologie

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-160

  Deeg, K H ^a   Alderath, W ^a  

^a KLINIKUM BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal brain arteries; Brainstem; Doppler sonography; Hypoperfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLOW RATE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032888657     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11818-999-0028-1     Document Type: Article

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