Hyperechoic plaque: An ultrasound marker for osteoporosis in acute stroke patients with carotid disease

European Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Saverino, A ^b   Del Sette, M ^a   Conti, M ^a   Ermirio, D ^c   Ricca, M ^a   Rovetta, G ^a   Gandolfo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Sampierdarena Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid; Osteoporosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33644656242     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091423     Document Type: Article

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