The role of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in asymptomatic intra- and extracranial large artery diseases

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 549-555

  Takahashi, Wakoh ^a   Ohnuki, Tomohide ^a   Ohnuki, Yohichi ^a   Kawada, Shiaki ^a   Takagi, Shigeharu ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic extracranial arterial disease; Atherosclerosis; C reactive protein; Inflammation; Intracranial artery disease; Magnetic resonance angiography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; EXTRACRANIAL LARGE ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTRACRANIAL LARGE ARTERY DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 53049093623     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000160212     Document Type: Article

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