Transcranial Doppler ultrasonographic evaluation of vertebral artery hypoplasia and aplasia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 183-187

  Min, Ju Hong ^a   Lee, Yong Seok ^b  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aplasia; Hypoplasia; Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA); Stenosis; Transcranial Doppler (TCD); Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY APLASIA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34547780463     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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