Unilateral agenesis and hypoplasia of the internal carotid artery: A report of three cases

Neuroradiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 311-315

  Ito, Saitou ^a   Miyazaki, H ^b   Iino, N ^a   Shiokawa, Y ^a   Saito, I ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Shirakawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agenesis; Congenital anomalies; Internal carotid artery; Magnetic resonance angiography; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGENESIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD POOL SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ABNORMALITIES; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 23644456704     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-1090-1     Document Type: Article

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