Are Cerebral White Matter Lesions Related to the Presence of Bilateral Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis or to the Length of Stenosis Among Patients With Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events?

Background and purpose: Previous studies delivered contradicting results regarding the relation between the presence of an internal carotid artery stenosis (ICAS) and the occurence of white matter lesions (WMLs). We hypothesize that special characteristics related to the ICAS might be related to the...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Mohamed Elhfnawy, Jens Volkmann, Mira Schliesser, Felix Fluri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00919/full