Marked decrease of intracranial atherosclerosis in contrast with unchanged coronary artery stenosis in Japan

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-273

  Koyama, Shunichi ^a,c   Saito, Yuko ^a   Yamanouchr, Hiroshi ^b   Nagura, Hiroshi ^b   Chida, Kouji ^b   Arai, Tomio ^b   Sawabe, Motoji ^b   Iwamoto, Toshihiko ^c   Takasaki, Masaru ^c   Murayama, Shigeo ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery stenosis; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Intracranial atherosclerosis; Pathology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0043206184     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.40.267     Document Type: Article

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