Diagnosis of intracerebral hemorrhage with transcranial ultrasound

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 40-47

  Meyer Wiethe, Karsten ^a   Sallustio, Fabrizio ^c   Kern, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute stroke diagnosis; Echo contrast agents; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound; Ultrasound diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUTREN; SHU 508; SONOVUE;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGE TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MICROBUBBLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 65349113091     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000203125     Document Type: Review

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