Pattern of atherosclerotic carotid stenosis in Korean patients with stroke: Different involvement of intracranial versus extracranial vessels

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-244

  Suh, Dae Chul ^a   Lee, Soo Hyun ^a   Kim, Kyung Rae ^a   Park, Sung Tae ^a   Lim, Soo Mee ^b   Kim, Sang Joon ^c   Choi, Choong Gon ^a   Lee, Ho Kyu ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037326426     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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