Cerebral white matter lesions may be partially reversible in patients with carotid artery stenosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1350-1352

  Yamada, Kei ^a   Sakai, K ^b   Owada, K ^a   Mineura, K ^a   Nishimura, T ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY STENT; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STENTS;

EID: 77955590800     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1873     Document Type: Article

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