Prognosis of patients with symptomatic vertebral or basilar artery stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1389-1392

  Chimowitz, Marc I ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Atherosclerosis; Cerebrovascular disorders; Stroke; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

EID: 0031836808     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.7.1389     Document Type: Article

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