Smoking habit as a putative risk factor for carotid plaque ulcers

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 320-323

  Iiji, Osamu ^a   Nagai, Yoji ^a   Itoh, Taiji ^a   Hougaku, Hidetaka ^a   Kitagawa, Kazuo ^a   Hori, Masatsugu ^a   Matsumoto, Masayasu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Cerebrovascular diseases; Ulcers; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID PLAQUE ULCER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; ULCER; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0036868607     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jscd.2002.130127     Document Type: Article

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