Association between calcification of the cervical carotid artery bifurcation and white matter ischemia

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 378-383

  Fanning, N F ^a   Walters, T D ^a   Fox, A J ^a   Symons, S P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON METHOD; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN TASK FORCE FOR AGE RELATED WHITE MATTER CHANGE SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER; AGE; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33645741663     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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