Nonfocal symptoms are more frequent in patients with vertebral artery than carotid artery stenosis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 378-384

  Compter, Annette ^a,b   Kappelle, L Jaap ^a,b   Algra, Ale ^a,b   Van Der Worp, H Bart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Carotid artery arteriosclerosis; Clinical symptomatology syndromes; Transient ischemic attack; Vertebrobasilar disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONFOCAL SYMPTOM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84876810621     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348849     Document Type: Article

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