Racial differences in the distribution of posterior circulation occlusive disease.

Racial differences in the distribution of anterior circulation occlusive disease.

We compared clinical and angiographic features of 26 white and 45 black patients with symptomatic occlusive cerebrovascular disease. White patients had more transient ischemic attacks, carotid bruits, and more severe occlusive disease of the internal carotid artery origin. Blacks had more severe disease of the middle cerebral artery stem and supraclinoid internal carotid arteries. Differences w...

Posterior circulation intracranial arterial occlusive disease in neurofibromatosis.

It is well known that neurofibromatosis is one apparent etiology for the type of intracranial arterial occlusive disease known as moyamoya disease [1-4]. All previously reported cases of neurofibromatosis with moyamoya disease have had involvement only of the intracranial carotid circulation (supraclinoid internal carotid artery, middle cerebral artery, anterior cerebral artery) [1 -4]. We repo...

Marital Status and Physical Health: Racial Differences

Background and aims: As suggested by the Minorities’ Diminished Return Theory, the associationbetween socioeconomic status and health is weaker for racial and ethnic minorities compared toWhites. The current study compared Blacks and Whites in terms of the association between maritalstatus and physical health.Methods: The State of the State Survey (SOSS) included 881 adu...

Endobronchial Disease and Racial Differences

In a retrospective review of 7 years of Walter Reed Army Medical Center fiberoptic bronchos¬ copy records, 154 patients with biopsy specimen proved (122) and clinically diagnosed (32) sarcoidosis were identified. Endobronchial mucosal appearance was normal in only 70 (45%). Abnormal mucosal findings included erythema (29 patients), nodules (13), plaques (13), and cobblestoning (29). Fifty-nine ...

racial differences in secondary hyperparathyroidism