Prevalence of asymptomatic carotid atherosclerotic lesions detected by high-resolution ultrasonography and its relation to cardiovascular risk factors in the general population of a Japanese city: The Suita study

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 518-525

  Mannami, Toshifumi ^a   Konishi, Masamitsu ^c   Baba, Shunroku ^a   Nishi, Nobuo ^a   Terao, Atsushi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b Tosayamada Public Health Center   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; carotid arteries; Japan; risk factors; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030933499     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.3.518     Document Type: Article

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