Clinical carotid atherosclerosis

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 403-419

  Wasserman, Bruce Alan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIET; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRESS; STROKE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036695888     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-5149(02)00025-4     Document Type: Review

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