Clinical Correlates of White-Matter Changes on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans of the Brain

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 1015-1021

  Lee, Donald H ^a   Fox, Allan J ^a   Hachinski, Vladimir C ^a   Diaz, J Fernando ^a   Wong, Cindy J ^b   Merskey, Harold ^c   Mirsen, Thomas R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COGNITION; DEMENTIA, MULTI-INFARCT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025996739     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1991.00530220031015     Document Type: Article

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