The role of MRI in screening for neurogenic hypertension

Neuroradiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-103

  Johnson, D R ^a   Coley, S C ^a   Brown, J ^a   Moseley, I F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Compression; Hypertension arterial; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medulla oblongata; Neurovascular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING;

EID: 0034000522     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050023     Document Type: Article

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