Symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenoses: Prevalence and prognosis in patients with acute cerebral ischemia

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-193

  Weber, R ^a   Kraywinkel, K ^a,b   Diener, H C ^a   Weimar, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cerebral ischemia; Intracranial stenosis, prevalence, prognosis; Stroke; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYMPTOMATIC INTRACRANIAL ATHEROSCLEROTIC STENOSES; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953952895     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000317107     Document Type: Article

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