Risk factors of intracranial cerebral atherosclerosis among asymptomatics

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-360

  Bae, Hee Joon ^a   Lee, Juneyoung ^c   Park, Jong Moo ^b   Kwon, Ohyun ^b   Koo, Ja Seong ^b   Kim, Byung Kun ^b   Pandey, Dilip K ^d  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial arterial disease; Intracranial arteriosclerosis, risk factors; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SMOKING; STROKE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 34748924238     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106982     Document Type: Article

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