Cerebral hemodynamics and cognitive performance in bilateral asymptomatic carotid stenosis

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1788-1795

  Balucani, Clotilde ^a,b   Viticchi, Giovanna ^c   Falsetti, Lorenzo ^d   Silvestrini, Mauro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS; BILATERAL ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CATEGORIAL WORD FLUENCY TEST; CEREBRAL VASOMOTOR REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLORED PROGRESSIVE MATRICES; COMPLEX FIGURE COPY TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHONEME; PHONETIC WORD FLUENCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; VERBAL FLUENCY;

EID: 84871241337     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318270402e     Document Type: Article

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