Collateral variations in circle of willis in atherosclerotic population assessed by means of transcranial color-coded duplex ultrasonography

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1656-1660

  Hoksbergen, A W J ^a   Legemate, D A ^a   Ubbink, D T ^a   Jacobs, M J H M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral arteries; Collateral circulation; Hemodynamics; Ultrasonography, Doppler, duplex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033930770     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.7.1656     Document Type: Article

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