Low mini-mental status predicts mortality in asymptomatic carotid arterial stenosis

Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-34

  Pettigrew, L Creed ^a,e   Thomas, N ^b   Howard, V J ^c   Veltkamp, R ^d   Toole, J F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COGNITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0034641254     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.55.1.30     Document Type: Article

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