Prevalence and risk factors of middle cerebral artery stenosis in asymptomatic residents in Rongqi County, Guangdong

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-115

  Huang, Hai Wei ^a   Guo, Ming Hui ^a   Lin, Rui Jin ^b   Chen, Ya Li ^b   Luo, Qin ^b   Zhang, Ying ^b   Wong, Ka Sing ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Rongqi Hospital of Shunde   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic population; Middle cerebral artery; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 34347378309     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103125     Document Type: Article

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