Homocysteine and pulsatility index in lacunar infarction

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 459-463

  Jeong, Seul Ki ^a   Kim, Do Hyung ^a   Cho, Young I ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Lacunar infarction; Pulsatility index; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LACUNAR INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULSATILITY INDEX; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HEMATOCRIT; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 79958085530     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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