Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2006):

[Berkson's fallacy: aortic arteriosclerosis and stroke as an example. Contradictory findings support the hypothesis of low risk of calcium plaque]

(Berksons fallgrop: aortaarterio- skleros och stroke som exempel. Motstridiga fynd stödjer hypotesen att kalkinlagring är kopplad till låg risk.)

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Author information

Author/s: van der Linden, Jan (J); van der Linden, Willem (W); Taube, Adam (A);

Affiliation: Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm. Jan.vanderlinden(-atsign-)cfss.ki.se

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Läkartidningen (Lakartidningen), published in Sweden. (Language: swe)

Reference: -2007 Jan 10-16; vol 104 (issue 1-2) : pp 35-7

Dates: Created 2007/02/27; Completed 2007/02/28; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 17323738, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Aortic Diseases - etiology; mortality Arteriosclerosis - etiology; mortality Autopsy Calcinosis - complications Humans

Humans Probability Risk Factors Statistics as Topic Stroke - etiology; mortality

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