Transcranial doppler test for evaluation of cerebral artery embolism - microemboli detection

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo

Volumn 136, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 302-306

  Jovanović, Zagorka B ^a   Pavlović, Aleksandra M ^a   Zidverc Trajković, Jasna J ^a   Mijajlović, Milija M ^a   Radojičić, Aleksandra P ^a   Čovičković Šternić, Nadežda M ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Embolic stroke; Microembolic signals; TIA; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EMBOLISM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 53049092528     PISSN: 03708179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/SARH0806302J     Document Type: Article

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