A door-to-door survey of intracranial atherosclerosis in Liangbei County, China

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2031-2034

  Wong, K S ^a   Huang, Y N ^b,c   Yang, H B ^d   Gao, S ^b   Li, H ^a   Liu, J Y ^b   Liu, Y ^b   Tang, A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Yuzhou City People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSURIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STROKE;

EID: 34249898385     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000264426.63544.ee     Document Type: Article

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