Intracranial artery calcification: A newly identified risk factor of ischemic stroke

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 300-303

  Chen, Xiang Yan ^a   Lam, Wynnie Wai Man ^a   Ng, Ho Keung ^a   Fan, Yu Hua ^a   Wong, Ka Sing ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Intracranial artery; Ischemic stroke; Multi detector row computed tomography (MDCT); Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34748813050     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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