Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 192-201 , February 2010

Dynamic Cerebral Autoregulation in the Old Using a Repeated Sit-Stand Maneuver

  • Arenda H.E.A. van Beek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Jaco W. Pasman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Maria T.E. Hopman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Jurgen A.H.R. Claassen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jurgen A.H.R. Claassen, M.D., Ph.D., Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, 925 Department of Geriatric Medicine - PO Box 9101 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Received 19 May 2009 ,Revised 16 October 2009 ,Accepted 22 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.10.011

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 192-201 , February 2010

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