Carotid artery stenosis as a cause of stroke

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-41

  Flaherty, Matthew L ^a   Kissela, Brett ^a   Khoury, Jane C ^c   Alwell, Kathleen ^a   Moomaw, Charles J ^a   Woo, Daniel ^a   Khatri, Pooja ^a   Ferioli, Simona ^a   Adeoye, Opeolu ^b   Broderick, Joseph P ^a   Kleindorfer, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Carotid occlusion; Carotid stenosis; Epidemiology; Intracranial atherosclerosis; Stroke; Stroke etiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OHIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STROKE;

EID: 84867480633     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341410     Document Type: Article

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