Irradiation: A Significant Risk Factor for Carotid Atherosclerosis

Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 1135-1137

  Feehs, Robert S ^a   Mcguirt, W Frederick ^a   Bond, M Gene ^a   Strickland, Harriet L ^a   Craven, Timothy E ^a   Hiltbrand, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0025951635     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1991.01870220083014     Document Type: Article

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