Middle cerebral artery plaque and prediction of the infarction pattern

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1470-1475

  Kim, Jeong Min ^a   Jung, Keun Hwa ^a   Sohn, Chul Ho ^a   Moon, Jangsup ^a   Han, Moon Hee ^a   Roh, Jae Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84868517990     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2012.1018     Document Type: Article

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