Post-stroke carotid ultrasound findings from an incident Tanzanian population

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 245-248

  Jusabani, Ahmed ^a   Gray, William K ^b   Swai, Mark ^a   Walker, Richard ^b,c  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Carotid ultrasound; Stroke; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREVALENCE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TANZANIA;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STROKE; TANZANIA;

EID: 82955165857     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334610     Document Type: Article

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