Racial differences in ischemic cerebrovascular disease

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 352-357

  Singh, Ravinder ^a   Cohen, Stanley N ^a   Krupp, Rebecca ^a   Abedi, Arezou G ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartoid disease; Race; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949981578     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3057(98)80054-2     Document Type: Article

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