Vascular Compression of Rostral Medulla Oblongata: Prospective MR Imaging Study in Hypertensive and Normotensive Subjects

Radiology

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-69

  Žižka, Jan ^a   Ceral, Jiří ^a   Eliáš, Pavel ^a   Tintěra, Jaroslav ^b   Klzo, Ludovít ^a   Solař, Miroslav ^a   Straka, Libor ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brainstem, anatomy; Brainstem, MR; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 18344398303     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2301021285     Document Type: Article

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