Carotid-anterior cerebral artery anastomosis: MR angiographic features and literature review

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 377-380

  Uchino, Akiro ^a   Sawada, Akihiro ^a   Takase, Yukinori ^a   Imaizumi, Takeshi ^a   Egashira, Ryoko ^a   Matsuo, Muneaki ^a   Kudo, Sho ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Anterior cerebral artery; Internal carotid artery; Magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CEREBRAL ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; SOURCE IMAGES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY MALFORMATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CAROTID ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; REVIEW;

EID: 4744365747     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(03)00154-2     Document Type: Article

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