Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1581-1587 , October 2010

Transcranial Doppler Monitoring in Parkinson’s Disease: Cerebrovascular Compensation of Orthostatic Hypotension

  • Christina Haubrich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Christina Haubrich, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 31, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
    • ,
  • Katrin Pies

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
    • ,
  • Manuel Dafotakis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
    • ,
  • Frank Block

      Affiliations

    • Helios Kliniken Schwerin, Germany
    • ,
  • Christof Kloetzsch

      Affiliations

    • Kliniken Schmieder, Allensbach und Hegau-Klinikum Singen, Germany
    • ,
  • Rolf R. Diehl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Alfried-Krupp Krankenhaus, Essen, Germany

Received 3 December 2009 ,Revised 25 May 2010 ,Accepted 22 June 2010.

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PII: S0301-5629(10)00307-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.06.016

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1581-1587 , October 2010

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