Clinical Significance of the Carotid Siphon Calcification
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منابع مشابه
Calcification of the carotid siphon.
CALCIFICATION of the internal carotid artery in the region of the cavernous sinus is an extremely common radiologic finding.' Although it is the only readily available laboratory criterion of cerebrovascular disease its significance has never been determined by combined clinical, radiologic, and pathologic studies. Whether the arterial changes in this region, which we shall refer to as the siph...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0300-9173
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.10.225