Ethnicity a risk factor? the relation between ethnicity and large- and small-vessel disease in White people, Black people, and Asians within a hospital-based population

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 522-527

  Wolma, J ^a   Nederkoorn, P J ^a   Goossens, A ^a   Vergouwen, M D I ^a   Van Schaik, I N ^a,b   Vermeulen, M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Ethnicity; Lacunar infarct; Large vessel disease; Small vessel disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID STENOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 62849115324     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02530.x     Document Type: Article

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