Neurosonology: A means of evaluating normal aging versus dementia

Aging Health

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-534

  Demarin, Vida ^a   Kes, Vanja Bašic ^a   Morovic, Sandra ^a   Zavoreo, Iris ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Neurosonology; Normal aging

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 53349172309     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/1745509X.4.5.529     Document Type: Article

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