Intra-and extracranial stenoses in TIA -findings from the aarhus TIA-study: A prospective population-based study

Perspectives in Medicine

Volumn 1-12, Issue , 2012, Pages 207-210

  Weitzel Mudersbach, Paul Von ^a   Johnsen, Soeren Paaske ^a   Andersen, Grethe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Intracranial atherosclerosis; Prevalence; Transcranial doppler sonography; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BASILAR ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

EID: 84867571420     PISSN: 2211968X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.permed.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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