Correlation between breast arterial calcification detected on mammography and cerebral artery disease

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 284, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 957-964

  Ahn, Kook Jin ^a   Kim, Young Joo ^a   Cho, Hang Joo ^a   Yim, Hyeon Woo ^a   Kang, Bong Joo ^a   Kim, Sung Hun ^a   Kim, Hyun Suk ^a   Kim, Ki Tae ^a   Lee, Jae Hee ^b   Whang, In Yong ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast arterial calcification; Cerebral artery disease; Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance (MR); Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; WHITE MATTER; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BREAST; BREAST DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863013797     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1742-4     Document Type: Article

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