Middle cerebral artery plaque imaging using 3-Tesla high-resolution MRI

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1137-1141

  Niizuma, Kuniyasu ^a,b   Shimizu, Hiroaki ^b   Takada, Shihomi ^a,b   Tominaga, Teiji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branch atheromatous disease; Cerebral infarction; Middle cerebral artery; MRI; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE;

AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; STROKE;

EID: 50249110183     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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