Intracranial atherosclerotic stroke: Specific focus on the metabolic syndrome and inflammation

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 330-336

  Bang, Oh Young ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; STROKE;

EID: 33745913286     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-006-0012-1     Document Type: Review

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