Plaque volume measurement by magnetic resonance imaging as an index of remodeling of middle cerebral artery: Correlation with transcranial color Doppler and magnetic resonance angiography

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 166-169

  Lam, W W M ^a   Wong, K S ^a   So, N M C ^a   Yeung, T K ^a   Gao, S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Middle cerebral artery; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 1942499602     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075786     Document Type: Article

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