Cerebral artery calcification in patients with acute cerebrovascular diseases: Determinants and long-term clinical outcome

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 739-745

  Koton, S ^a   Tashlykov, V ^b   Schwammenthal, Y ^b   Molshatzki, N ^b   Merzeliak, O ^b   Tsabari, R ^b   Tanne, D ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cerebral artery calcification; Cohort study; Mortality; Pallidum calcification; Stroke; Stroke outcome; Stroke severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859816605     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03620.x     Document Type: Article

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