Prevalence and association of lifestyle factors with extracranial carotid atherosclerosis in non-cardioembolic anterior circulation strokes in adult males less than 50 years: One year cross-sectional study

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 516-520

  Hassan, Kaukab M ^a   Verma, Aditya ^b   Prakash, Sudeep ^c   Chandran, Vijai ^c   Kumar, Suman ^a   Banerji, Anup ^a  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol; extracranial carotid atherosclerosis; lifestyle factors; smoking; young stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING;

EID: 84887585442     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.120448     Document Type: Article

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