Carotid plaque inflammation in stroke assessed by PET: A burning issue?

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1672-1673

  Jickling, Glen C ^a   Chaturvedi, Seemant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID PLAQUE INFLAMMATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84902128051     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000419     Document Type: Editorial

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