Fetal origin of the posterior cerebral artery produces left-right asymmetry on perfusion imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 448-453

  Wentland, Andrew L ^a   Rowley, H A ^a   Vigen, K K ^a   Field, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949494002     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1858     Document Type: Article

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