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 t...

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Main Authors: Matsui, Ryukichi, Nakagawa, Tomonori, Takayoshi, Hiroyuki, Onoda, Keiichi, Oguro, Hiroaki, Nagai, Atsushi, Yamaguchi, Shuhei
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4801853/