Correlation of common carotid artery intima media thickness, intracranial arterial stenosis and post-stroke cognitive impairment

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 207-213

  Lee, Yong Hui ^a   Yeh, Shoou Jeng ^a  

^a CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Common carotid artery intima media thickness; Intracranial arterial stenosis; Vascular cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 37549032686     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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