Transcranial color Doppler sonography of basal cerebral arteries in 182 healthy subjects: Age and sex variability and normal reference values for blood flow parameters

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 213-218

  Krejza, Jarosław ^a   Mariak, Zenon ^a   Walecki, Jerzy ^a   Szydlik, Piotr ^a   Lewko, Janusz ^a   Ustymowicz, Andrzej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032958718     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.1.9888770     Document Type: Article

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