Wall characteristics and mechanisms of ischaemic stroke in patients with atherosclerotic middle cerebral artery stenosis: A high-resolution MRI study

Neurological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 606-613

  Zhao, Deng Ling ^a   Deng, Gang ^a   Xie, Bo ^a   Gao, Bo ^b   Peng, Cheng Yu ^a   Nie, Fang ^a   Yang, Ming ^a   Ju, Shenghong ^a   Teng, Gao Jun ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANTAI YUHUANGDING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; High resolution; Infarction pattern; Magnetic resonance imaging; Middle cerebral artery; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 84981186637     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132815Y.0000000088     Document Type: Article

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