A pathological perspective on the natural history of cerebral atherosclerosis

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1074-1080

  Gutierrez, Jose ^a   Elkind, Mitchell S V ^a,b   Virmani, Renu ^c   Goldman, James ^a   Honig, Lawrence ^a   Morgello, Susan ^d   Marshall, Randolph S ^a  

^a Columbia University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b CVPath Institute Inc ^*  (United States)

^c CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral atherosclerosis; Noncardioembolic stroke; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; BRAIN; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942297319     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12496     Document Type: Article

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