A CRITICAL REVIEW OF CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY AS IT APPLIES TO CEREBRAL VASCULAR DISEASE
Authors: P SCHEINBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 May 1958A CRITICAL REVIEW OF CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY AS IT APPLIES TO CEREBRAL VASCULAR DISEASEPERITZ SCHEINBERG, M.D.PERITZ SCHEINBERG, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-5-1001 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe importance of vascular disease of the brain in clinical medicine has recently received renewed emphasis in the medical literature by virtue of increasing awareness of the high statistical incidence of this problem and the mortality and morbidity which it produces.1In addition, considerable encouragement concerning possible effective therapy has resulted from observations indicating that anticoagulants may be of value in preventing the occurrence or recurrence of certain types of cerebral vascular lesions.2, 3, 4These factors have stimulated a reëvaluation of the clinical course of the various types of cerebral vascular diseases in the hope that a more thorough...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Miami, Florida*Received for publication September 23, 1957.From the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Peritz Scheinberg, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami 36, Florida. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEffects of Change of Head, Limb and Body Position on Cephalic CirculationDisturbances of Gas Metabolism in Patients with Occlusive Cerebrovascular DiseasePROBLEMS OF CEREBRAL VASCULAR DISEASE. I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONSVasorelaxant Drugs and Cerebrovascular DiseaseDer Kohlenhydratstoffwechsel des menschlichen GehirnsDiagnosis of occlusive aortocranial diseaseTRANSIENT HEMIBALLISM*MARK E. 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