Assessment of extracranial and intracranial atherosclerosis: Don't dismiss old school autopsy

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Jacobus F A Jansen. Atherosclerosis. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar:270:189-190.

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.01.002. Epub 2018 Jan 20.

¹ Department of Radiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: jacobus.jansen@mumc.nl.

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Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Cerebral arteries; Imaging; Risk factors.

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Morphometric measurements of extracranial and intracranial atherosclerotic disease: A population-based autopsy study.
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