Absent middle cerebral artery signal in transcranial color-coded sonography: A reliable indicator of occlusion?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 251-257

  Chen, Yi Chun ^a   Chen, Sien Tsong ^a   Chen, Chi Jen ^b   Lee, Tsong Hai ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral angiography; Middle cerebral artery; Occlusion; Transcranial color coded sonography; Transcranial Doppler; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 24944586392     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087707     Document Type: Article

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