Recently occluded intracranial and extracranial carotid arteries: Relevance of the unstable atherosclerotic plaque

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1319-1325

  Lammie, G Alistair ^a,b   Sandercock, Peter A G ^a   Dennis, Martin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Occlusion; Pathology; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344654960     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.7.1319     Document Type: Article

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