Inflammatory markers, rather than conventional risk factors, are different between carotid and MCA atherosclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1128-1134

  Bang, Oh Young ^a   Lee, P H ^a   Yoon, S R ^b   Lee, M A ^a   Joo, I S ^a   Huh, K ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Shin Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23144450619     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.054403     Document Type: Article

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