Magnetic resonance imaging white matter hyperintensities in clinically normal elderly individuals: Correlations with plasma concentrations of naturally occurring antioxidants

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2043-2047

  Schmidt, R ^a   Hayn, M ^a   Fazekas, F ^a   Kapeller, P ^a   Esterbauer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

aging; magnetic resonance imaging; neuroprotection; oxidants; white matter

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; BETA TOCOPHEROL; CANTHAXANTHIN; CRYPTOXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0029835834     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.11.2043     Document Type: Article

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