Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 1 , Pages 63-68 , January 2009

Blood flow velocity in the arteries of the anterior cerebral artery complex in patients with an azygos anterior cerebral artery aneurysm: A transcranial color-coded sonography study

  • Wojciech Kaspera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Silesia, Plac Medyków 1, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48 32 36 82 024; fax: +48 32 36 82 550.
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  • Piotr Ładziński

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Silesia, Plac Medyków 1, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
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  • Jerzy Słowiński

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Silesia, Plac Medyków 1, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical University of Silesia, Bytom, Poland
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  • Marek Kopera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Silesia, Plac Medyków 1, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
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  • Witold Tomalski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Regional Hospital, Sosnowiec, Poland
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  • Aleksandra Ślaska-Kaspera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Received 29 December 2007 ,Revised 10 June 2008 ,Accepted 4 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.08.007

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 1 , Pages 63-68 , January 2009

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