Incidence of abnormal cerebral findings in the MRI of clinically healthy divers: Role of a patent foramen ovale

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-268

  Koch, A E ^a,b   Kampen, J ^a   Tetzlaff, K ^a   Reuter, M ^b   McCormack, P ^a   Schnoor, P W ^b   Struck, N ^a   Heine, L ^a   Prytulla, I ^a   Rieckert, H ^b  

^a Schiffahrtmedizinisches Institut der Marine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIVING; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; DIVING; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 4544361159     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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