The anatomic variations of the circle of Willis in preterm-at-term and term-born infants: An MR angiography study at 3T

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1955-1962

  Malamateniou, Christina ^a,b   Adams, M E ^a,c   Srinivasan, L ^a   Allsop, J M ^a   Counsell, S J ^a   Cowan, F M ^a   Hajnal, J V ^a   Rutherford, M A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PREMATURITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 71449106350     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1724     Document Type: Article

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