Transcranial Doppler for evaluation of idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-242

  Gur, A Y ^a,b   Kesler, A ^a   Shopin, L ^a   Bornstein, N M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Intracranial pressure; Pseudotumor cerebri; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 34548498149     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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