Carotid plaque, a subclinical precursor of vascular events: The Northern Manhattan Study

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1200-1207

  Rundek, T ^a   Arif, H ^b   Boden Albala, B ^b,c   Elkind, M S ^b,d   Paik, M C ^c   Sacco, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 41649115576     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000303969.63165.34     Document Type: Article

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