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Open AccessAssociation of Homocysteine with Aysmptomatic Intracranial and Extracranial Arterial Stenosis in Hypertension Patients
Elevated plasma homocysteine (Hcy) is suggested as an independent risk factor for stroke. We aimed to investigate the association of Hcy concentration with intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) and extracranial ...
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Improved Neuroimaging Atlas of the Dentate Nucleus
The dentate nucleus (DN) of the cerebellum is the major output nucleus of the cerebellum and is rich in iron. Quantitative susceptibility map** (QSM) provides better iron-sensitive MRI contrast to delineate ...
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Open AccessAssociation of Inter-arm Blood Pressure Difference with Asymptomatic Intracranial and Extracranial Arterial Stenosis in Hypertension Patients
Inter-arm blood pressure (BP) difference has been associated with ischemic stroke. Local atherosclerosis of stroke differ among vulnerable individuals, whereas intracranial arterial stenosis (ICAS) is more fre...
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Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of kidneys in patients with chronic kidney disease: initial study
To prospectively evaluate the feasibility of diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the assessment of renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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Determining gastric cancer resectability by dynamic MDCT
Multi-detector row CT (MDCT) has been widely used to detect primary lesions and to evaluate TNM staging. In this study we evaluated the accuracy of dynamic MDCT in the preoperative determination of the resecta...