Benign prognosis of never-symptomatic carotid occlusion

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 878-882

  Powers, William J ^a,b,c,d   Derdeyn, C P ^b   Fritsch, S M ^a   Carpenter, D A ^a   Yundt, K D ^a   Videen, T O ^a   Grubb Jr , R L ^a,b  

^a Dept of Neurol and Neurol Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Cerebrovascular disease; PET; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034701047     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.4.878     Document Type: Article

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