Extracranial carotid plaque is increasing in Japanese ischemic stroke patients

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-25

  Katsumata, T ^a,b   Nishiyama, Y ^a   Yamaguchi, H ^a   Otori, T ^a   Nakamura, H ^a   Tanaka, N ^a   Katayama, Y ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracranial carotid plaque; Ischemic stroke; Neurosonography; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250898229     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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