Carotid artery calcification in the Black population: A retrospective study on panoramic radiographs

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 348-350

  Hubar, J S ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Department of Diagnosis ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery diseases; Radiography, panoramic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033223294     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600478     Document Type: Article

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