Intracranial carotid artery calcification on head CT and its association with ischemic changes on brain MRI in patients presenting with stroke-like symptoms: Retrospective analysis

Neuroradiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  Erbay, S ^a   Han, R ^a   Baccei, S ^a   Krakov, W ^b   Zou, K H ^c   Bhadelia, R ^a   Polak, J ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial calcium; Atherosclerosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33846108335     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0159-z     Document Type: Article

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