The frequency and determinants of calcification in intracranial arteries in Chinese patients who underwent computed tomography examinations

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 91-97

  Chen, Xiang Yan ^a   Lam, Wynnie W M ^a   Ho, Keung Ng ^a   Fan, Yu Hua ^a   Wong, Ka Sing ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis, risk factors; Intracranial artery calcification; Multi detector row computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX ROLE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALCINOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30944450769     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090206     Document Type: Article

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