Multidetector row CT of the brain and carotid artery: a correlative analysis

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 767-778

  Saba, L ^a   Montisci, R ^a   Sanfilippo, R ^a   Mallarini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649646743     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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