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Titolo |
Intracranial atherosclerosis [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jong S. Kim, Louis R. Caplan, K.S. Lawrence Wong ; foreword by Geoffrey A. Donnan |
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Chichester, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-00930-3 |
9786612009303 |
1-4443-0067-9 |
1-4443-0068-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KimJong S |
CaplanLouis R |
WongK. S. Lawrence |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cerebral arteriosclerosis |
Cerebrovascular disease - Etiology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intracranial Atherosclerosis; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Foreword; Epidemiology and risk factors; 1 Anatomy of intracranial arteries; 2 Pathologic characteristics; 3 Epidemiology; 4 Risk factors; Stroke mechanism and clinical consequence; 5 Stroke mechanisms; 6 Anterior circulation disorders; 7 Posterior circulation disorders; 8 Cognitive dysfunction, dementia and emotional disturbances; 9 Natural course and prognosis; Diagnostic imaging studies; 10 Vascular imaging; 11 Application of magnetic resonance imaging; 12 Transcranial doppler; Treatment; 13 Antiplatelet therapy |
14 Anticoagulation15 Angioplasty and stenting; 16 Surgical therapy; 17 Other miscellaneous treatments; Uncommon causes of intracranial arterial disease; 18 Immunologic and vasoconstrictive disorders; 19 Arterial dissection, CNS infection and other miscellaneous diseases; 20 Moyamoya disease; Index; Colour plates |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Intracranial atherosclerosis is the dominant cause of stroke in over 70% of the world's population. Globalization is leading to an increasingly |
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