Standardization of flow velocities with respect to age and sex improves the accuracy of transcranial color doppler sonography of middle cerebral artery spasm

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 245-252

  Krejza, Jaroslaw ^a,b   Mariak, Zenon ^a   Lewko, Janusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY SPASM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0037973581     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.1.1810245     Document Type: Article

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