Geographic and sex difference in the distribution of intracranial atherosclerosis in China

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2109-2114

  Wang, Yongjun ^a   Pu, Yuehua ^a   Liu, Liping ^a   Wang, Yilong ^a   Zou, Xinying ^b   Pan, Yuesong ^a   Soo, Yannie ^b   Leung, Thomas ^b   Zhao, Xingquan ^a   Wong, Ka Sing ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

geographic; intracranial stenosis; ischemic; sex differences; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

GEOGRAPHIC; INTRACRANIAL STENOSIS; ISCHEMIC; SEX DIFFERENCES; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880769902     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001522     Document Type: Article

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