Distribution, Severity and Radiologic Features of Intracranial Stenosis in Asymptomatic Pakistanis.

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Published in Austin J Cerebrovasc Dis Stroke on February 16, 2015

Authors

Ayeesha K Kamal1, Farzin Majeed2, Muhammad S Ilyas3, Munawar Hussain4, Kamran Masood4, Bilal Ahmed5, Hasan Rehman6, Zafar Sajjad7, Scott E Kasner8

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology and Stroke Service, Aga Khan University, Pakistan.
2: Fogarty Cerebrovascular Research Fellow, Aga Khan University, Pakistan.
3: Department of Neurology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan.
4: Department of Radiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan.
5: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Aga Khan University, Pakistan.
6: Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Pakistan.
7: Department of Radiology, Aga Khan University, Pakistan.
8: Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

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