Ultrasound of the carotid and vertebral arteries

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 346-366

  Sidhu, Paul S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

EID: 0033783752     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0007142001903265     Document Type: Review

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