Cerebral haemodynamics in acute bacterial meningitis in adults

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 863-869

  Lu, C H ^a   Chang, H W ^b   Lui, C C ^a   Huang, C R ^a   Chang, Wen Neng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BARTHEL INDEX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 33845892537     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl119     Document Type: Article

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