Gender differences in risk factors for intracranial cerebral atherosclerosis among asymptomatic subjects

Gender Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-22

  Kim, Young Suk ^a   Hong, Jin Woo ^b   Jung, Woo Sang ^a   Park, Seong Uk ^a   Park, Jung Mi ^a   Cho, Sung Il ^c   Bu, Young Min ^a   Moon, Sang Kwan ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering Pusa n National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

gender differences; intracranial arterial disease; intracranial atherosclerosis; risk factors; transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SEX HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL CEREBRAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE PATIENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 79954550466     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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