Cause and mechanisms of intracranial atherosclerosis

Circulation

Volumn 130, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1407-1414

  Ritz, Katja ^a   Denswil, Nerissa P ^a   Stam, Olga C G ^a   Van Lieshout, Johannes J ^a,b,c   Daemen, Mat J A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Biology; Cerebrovascular disorders; Circle of Willis; Dementia; Intracranial arteriosclerosis; Stroke; Vasa vasorum; Vascular

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASA VASORUM; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STROKE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84925228818     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.011147     Document Type: Article

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