The extended role of carotid artery ultrasound

Brain and Language

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 643-653

  Sidhu, P S ^a   Allan, P L ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENOSIS; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

EID: 23744488343     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9260(97)80026-8     Document Type: Review

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