Is intracranial atherosclerosis an independent risk factor for cerebral atrophy? A retrospective evaluation

BMC Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Erbay, S ^a   Han, R ^a   Aftab, M ^b   Zou, Kelly H ^a   Polak, J F ^a   Bhadelia, Rafeeque A ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAVERNOUS CAROTID ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59349109206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-51     Document Type: Article

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