Middle cerebral artery infarction: Relationship of cavernous carotid artery calcification

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1505-1511

  Babiarz, Lukasz S ^a   Yousem, David M ^a   Bilker, Warren ^b   Wasserman, Bruce A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 32944467048     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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