Assessment: Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography. Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1468-1481

  Sloan, M A ^a,o   Alexandrov, A V ^b   Tegeler, C H ^c   Spencer, M P ^d   Caplan, L R ^e   Feldmann, E ^f   Wechsler, L R ^g   Newell, D W ^h   Gomez, C R ⁱ   Babikian, V L ^j   Lefkowitz, D ^c   Goldman, R S ^k   Armon, C ^l   Hsu, C Y ^m   Goodin, D S ⁿ  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Institute of Applied Physiology and Medicine   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ Alabama Neurological Institute   (United States)

^j BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k Aurora Sinai Medical Center   (United States)

^l BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; VASOSPASM;

EID: 2342661140     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.62.9.1468     Document Type: Review

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