Prevalence and risk factors of asymptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis in a community-based population of Chinese adults

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1479-1485

  Zhang, S ^a,b   Zhou, Y ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Gao, X ^c,d   Zhang, Q ^a,b   Wang, A ^a   Jia, Z ^e   Wu, S ^f   Zhao, X ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f HEBEI UNITED UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; AGED; CHINA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOGRAPHY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84885868652     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12210     Document Type: Article

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