Stroke Risk of Asymptomatic Intra- and Extracranial Large-Artery Disease in Apparently Healthy Adults

Takahashi, Wakoh; Ohnuki, Tomohide; Ide, Michiru; Takagi, Shigeharu; Shinohara, Yukito

doi:10.1159/000094014

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Stroke Risk of Asymptomatic Intra- and Extracranial Large-Artery Disease in Apparently Healthy Adults

Published in Cerebrovascular Diseases • Jan 1, 2006

Authors:

Wakoh Takahashi

Tomohide Ohnuki

Michiru Ide

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The predictive value of asymptomatic intracranial artery stenosis for future stroke remains uncertain. The aim of this study is to assess the stroke risk of asymptomatic intracranial artery stenosis and to compare it with that of extracranial artery disease. METHODS: The study subjects w...

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Medicine

Asymptomatic

Stenosis

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