Transcranial doppler: Technique and common findings (Part 1)

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-179

  Bathala, Lokesh ^a   Mehndiratta, Man ^b   Sharma, Vijay ^c  

^a NARAYANA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

intracranial stenosis; Ischemic stroke; transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CERVICAL DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUPLEX SONOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSCRANIAL COLOR CODED DUPLEX SONOGRAPHY; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER;

EID: 84879059150     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.112460     Document Type: Article

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