Bone formation in carotid plaques: A Clinicopathological study

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1214-1219

  Hunt, Jennifer L ^a   Fairman, Ronald ^c   Mitchell, Marc E ^c   Carpenter, Jeffrey P ^c   Golden, Michael ^c   Khalapyan, Tigran ^b   Wolfe, Megan ^b   Neschis, David ^c   Milner, Ross ^c   Scoll, Benjamin ^b   Cusack, Anita ^c   Mohler III, Emile R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Division of Vascular Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Inflammation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036090613     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000013741.41309.67     Document Type: Article

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