Classic risk factors for atherosclerosis are not major determinants for location of extracranial or intracranial cerebral atherosclerosis

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-207

  Kim, Young Dae ^a   Choi, Hye Yeon ^a   Jung, Yo Han ^a   Nam, Chung Mo ^a   Yang, Jae Hoon ^a   Cho, Han Jin ^a   Nam, Hyo Suk ^a   Lee, Kyung Yul ^a   Heo, Ji Hoe ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cerebral angiography; Cerebral arteries; Stroke

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRACRANIAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349118268     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000195690     Document Type: Article

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