Relative value of normalized sonographic in vitro analysis of arteriosclerotic plaques of internal carotid artery

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1901-1906

  Denzel, Christian ^a   Balzer, Klaus ^b   Müller, Klaus Michael ^c   Fellner, Franz ^a,d   Fellner, Claudia ^a,d   Lang, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Evangelisches Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR PATHOLOGIE   (Germany)

^d KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Pathology; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIPID;

AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCULATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCALE UP;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042122448     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000081982.85010.A8     Document Type: Article

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