Internal jugular venous abnormalities in transient monocular blindness

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Chun Yu ^a,b   Chang, Feng Chi ^a,b   Chao, A Ching ^c,d   Chung, Chih Ping ^a,b   Hu, Han Hwa ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency; Internal jugular vein; Jugular venous reflux; Transient monocular blindness; Venous hypertension; Venous outflow abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSIENT MONOCULAR BLINDNESS; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADULT; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84880334168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-94     Document Type: Article

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