Gender differences in carotid imaging and revascularization following stroke

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 1969-1974

  Kapral, M K ^a,b,c,d,i   Ben Yakov, M ^h,i   Fang, J ^c,i   Gladstone, D J ^c,f   Saposnik, G ^a,b,g   Robertson, A ^c,i   Silver, F L ^a,e,i  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d Women's Health Program   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ Canadian Stroke Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 73349121640     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c55eae     Document Type: Article

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