Digital panoramic radiography: A reliable method to diagnose carotid artery atheromas?

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-270

  Bayram, Burak ^a   Uckan, S ^a   Acikgoz, A ^a   Muderrisoglu H ^a   Aydinalp, A ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Radiography, digital, dental; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY ATHEROMA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATIENT CODING; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC;

EID: 33746034184     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/50195822     Document Type: Article

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