Cerebral ischemic disease and morphometric analyses of carotid plaques

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 468-474

  Montauban Van Swijndregt, Alexander D ^a   Elbers, Hans R J ^b   Moll, Frans L ^b   De Letter, Jan ^b   Ackerstaff, Rob G A ^b  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0345540682     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900285     Document Type: Article

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