Combined Extracranial and Intracranial Atherosclerosis in Korean Patients

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1561-1564

  Lee, Soo Joo ^a,e   Cho, Soo Jin ^b,f   Moon, Heui Soo ^a   Shon, Young Min ^c   Lee, Kwang Ho ^a   Kim, Dong Ik ^a   Lee, Byung Boong ^a   Byun, Hong Sik ^a   Han, Seol Heui ^d   Chung, Chin Sang ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sejong General Hospital   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBOLISM; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; KOREA; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0344872497     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.11.1561     Document Type: Article

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