Carotid bruits as predictor for carotid stenoses detected by ultrasonography: An observational study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Johansson, Elias P ^a   Wester, Per ^a  

^a Department of medicine ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 47349089337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-23     Document Type: Article

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