The symptomatic carotid plaque

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 774-781

  Golledge, Jonathan ^a   Greenhalgh, Roger M ^a   Davies, Alun H ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery diseases; Leukocytes

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034099864     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.3.774     Document Type: Review

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