Intracranial atherosclerotic plaque enhancement in patients with ischemic stroke

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 299-304

  Skarpathiotakis, M ^a   Mandell, D M ^a   Swartz, R H ^a   Tomlinson, G ^a   Mikulis, David J ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; SUBACUTE CARE;

EID: 84876162307     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3209     Document Type: Article

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