Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 11 , Pages 1776-1782 , November 2010

Jugular Venous Hemodynamic Changes with Aging

  • Chih-Ping Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ya-Ju Lin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Neurology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • A-Ching Chao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shing-Jong Lin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yen-Yu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yuh-Jen Wang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Han-Hwa Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Professor Han-Hwa Hu, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Sec.2, Shihpai Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 11217.

Received 8 February 2010 ,Revised 29 June 2010 ,Accepted 4 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.07.006

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 11 , Pages 1776-1782 , November 2010

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