Carotid plaque composition and cerebral infarction: MR imaging study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1044-1049

  Ouhlous, Mohamed ^a   Flach, H Zwenneke ^a   De Weert, Thomas T ^a   Hendriks, Johanna M ^a   Van Sambeek, Marc R H M ^a   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Pattynama, Peter M T ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33644832864     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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