Atherosclerotic plaque pathohistology and classification with high-resolution MRI

Neurological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-330

  Gao, Tianli ^a   He, Xiaofen ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Zhuo ^a   Wang, Yongjun ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pathohistology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; STAINING AND LABELING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79955081583     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164110X12767786356318     Document Type: Article

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