Plaque density on CT, a potential marker of ischemic stroke

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 118-120

  Serfaty, J M ^a,b,f   Nonent, M ^c   Nighoghossian, N ^a   Rouhart, F ^c   Derex, L ^a   Rotaru, C ^a   Chirossel, P ^a   Thabut, G ^b   Guias, B ^c   Heautot, J F ^d   Gouny, P ^c   De La Vega, A ^a   Pachai, C ^e   Ecochard, R ^a   Villard, J ^g   Douek, P C ^a  

^a University Hospital Center   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Bioparc   (France)

^f LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENILE PLAQUE; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645815527     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000191391.71614.51     Document Type: Article

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