Contrast-enhanced MR angiography for carotid disease: Diagnostic and potential clinical impact

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1282-1290

  U King Im, J M ^a   Trivedi, R A ^a   Graves, M J ^a   Higgins, N J ^a   Cross, J J ^a   Tom, B D ^b   Hollingworth, W ^c   Eales, H ^a   Warburton, E A ^a   Kirkpatrick, P J ^a   Antoun, N M ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLASSIFICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 11144356542     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000123697.89371.8D     Document Type: Article

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