Baseline silent cerebral infarction in the asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis study

Stroke

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1122-1129

  Brott, Thomas ^a   Tomsick, Thomas ^a   Feinberg, William ^b   Johnson, Constance ^c   Biller, José ^d   Broderick, Joseph ^a   Kelly, Michael ^e   Frey, James ^f   Schwartz, Skai ^g   Blum, Christine ^a   Nelson, J J ^g   Chambless, Lloyd ^g   Toole, James ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery diseases; Cerebral infarction; Clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028227990     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.25.6.1122     Document Type: Article

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