Long-term outcome of elective stenting for symptomatic intracranial vertebrobasilar stenosis

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 856-858

  Jiang, W J ^a   Xu, X T ^a   Du, B ^a   Dong, K H ^a   Jin, M ^a   Wang, Q H ^a   Ma, N ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE STENTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STENT; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR STENOSIS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; TIME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34047234239     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000256713.23864.be     Document Type: Article

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