A novel technique to measure position-dependent resistance changes in the vertebral arteries postmortem: New insights into the aetiology of SIDS?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1166-1171

  Wald, M ^a,d   Klupp, N ^a   Lawrenz, K ^b   Puig, S ^c   Heimberger, K ^c   Reiter, C ^a   Pollak, A ^a   Ipsiroglu, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Ischaemia; Perfusion; Prone sleeping position; Sudden infant death syndrome; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANNULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NECK; NEWBORN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTURE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 4143139789     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250410027652     Document Type: Article

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