Transcranial Doppler ultrasound in neurovascular diseases: Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 39-51

  Topcuoglu, M Akif ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ischemic stroke; microbubble; neurovascular disease; sonothrombolysis; subarachnoid hemorrhage; transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SICKLE CELL; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84867495833     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07942.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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