Carotid artery calcification seen on panoramic dental radiographs in the Asian population in Japan

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-96

  Kumagai, Masahiro ^a,c   Yamagishi, T ^a   Fukui, N ^b   Chiba, M ^b  

^a TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Tohoku Kosai ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Cerebral infarction; Panoramic radiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247477319     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/79378783     Document Type: Review

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