MRI in successful aging, a 5-year follow-up study from the eighth to ninth decade of life

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 601-608

  Wahlund, Lars Olof ^a   Almkvist, Ove ^a   Basun, Hans ^a   Julin, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leukoaraiosis; Longitudinal; MRI; Psychometrics; Successfully aged; White matter hyperintensity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0029907831     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0730-725X(96)00098-7     Document Type: Article

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