Assessment of cognitive functions in asymptomatic carotid artery disease

Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-102

  El Serafy, Omar A ^a   Allah, Foad A Abd ^a   Nada, Mona Af ^a   Ammar, Waleed A ^b   El Sirafy, Mohamed Nasr I ^c   Imam, Ahmed A ^d   Al Magd, Amany H Abou ^a  

^a Departments of Neurology   (Egypt)

^b Cardiology   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis; Carotid duplex; Cognition; MRI brain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 79961075715     PISSN: 11101083     EISSN: 16878329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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