The significance of carotid stenosis or ulceration

Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 437-442

  Grotta, J C ^a   Bigelow, R H ^a   Hu, H ^a   Hankins, L ^a   Fields, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; RISK; THERAPY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ULCER;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ASPIRIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; ULCER;

EID: 0021281593     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.34.4.437     Document Type: Article

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