Changes of brachial flow-mediated vasodilation in different ischemic stroke subtypes

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1056-1058

  Chen, P L ^a,b,c   Wang, P Y ^a,b,c   Sheu, W H ^a,b,c   Chen, Y T ^a,b,c   Ho, Y P ^a   Hu, H H ^b,c,d   Hsu, H Y ^a,b,c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Chung Shan University Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASODILATATION;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASODILATION;

EID: 33748999765     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000237526.32692.67     Document Type: Article

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