Internal borderzone infarction: A marker for severe stenosis in patients with symptomatic internal carotid artery disease

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 631-636

  Del Sette, M ^a   Eliasziw, M ^b,c   Streifler, J Y ^e   Hachinski, V C ^b,c   Fox, A J ^c,d   Barnett, H J M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Subcortical infarction; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034059984     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.3.631     Document Type: Article

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