Risk factors for atherosclerosis of cervicocerebral arteries: Intracranial versus extracranial

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Suwanwela, Nijasri C ^a   Chutinetr, Auruma ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intracranial; Ischemic stroke; Risk factor; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRACRANIAL CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037241783     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067112     Document Type: Article

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