Calcium quantity in carotid plaques: Detection in panoramic radiographs and association with degree of stenosis

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 269-274

  Garoff, Maria ^a   Johansson, Elias ^a   Ahlqvist, Jan ^a   Arnerlöv, Conny ^a   Levring Jäghagen, Eva ^a   Wester, Per ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC;

EID: 84939816492     PISSN: 22124403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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