Is moderate atherosclerotic stenosis in the middle cerebral artery a cause of or a coincidental finding in Ischemic stroke?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-145

  Klein, Isabelle F ^a,b   Labreuche, Julien ^a,b   Lavallée, Philippa C ^a,b   Mazighi, Mikael ^a,b   Duyckaerts, Charles ^a   Hauw, Jean Jacques ^a   Amarenco, Pierre ^a,b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Middle cerebral artery atherosclerosis; Parent artery disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 70849097395     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262310     Document Type: Article

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