Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia diagnosed by magnetic resonance angiography and risk of stroke and death: A cohort study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-26

  Ubogu, E E ^b   Zaidat, O O ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENDER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEPHONE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR DOLICHOECTASIA; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0347755546     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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