A Prospective Study of Asymptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis in Neurologically Normal Volunteers in a Japanese Cohort

A Prospective Study of Asymptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis in Neurologically Normal Volunteers in a Japanese Cohort

Atherosclerotic stenosis of major intracranial arteries is a leading cause of ischemic stroke in Asia. However, the long-term prognosis of asymptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) in healthy volunteers has not been fully examined. Here we conducted a longitudinal study to examine th...

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Main Authors: Ryukichi eMatsui, Tomonori eNakagawa, Hiroyuki eTakayoshi, Keiichi eOnoda, Hiroaki eOguro, Atsushi eNagai, Shuhei eYamaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Risk factors
longitudinal study
asymptomatic brain lesions
asymptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2016.00039/full

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