Carotid Plaque Stiffness Measured with Supersonic Shear Imaging and Its Correlation with Serum Homocysteine Level in Ischemic Stroke Patients |
Shang, Jing
(Department of Ultrasound Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University)
Wang, Wen (Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University) Feng, Jun (Department of Neurology, Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University) Luo, Guo-gang (Department of Neurology, Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University) Dang, Ying (Department of Ultrasound Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University) Sun, Jian (Department of Ultrasound Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University) Yang, Yan-qiu (Department of Ultrasound Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University) Ruan, Li-tao (Department of Ultrasound Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University) |
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