Changing diameters of cerebral vessels with age in human autopsy specimens: Possible relationships to atherosclerotic changes

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 139-143

  Ozdogmus, Omero ^a   Cakmak O ^a   Yalin, A ^a   Keklik, D ^a   Üzün, Ý ^b   Cavdar S ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Council of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Area ratio; Arterial bifurcations; Blood flow; Gender differences; Intracranial arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 51849157456     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1004588     Document Type: Article

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