Presence and severity of cerebral white matter lesions and hypertension, its treatment, and its control: The ARIC study

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2262-2270

  Liao, Duanping ^a   Cooper, Lawton ^b   Cai, Jianwen ^a   Toole, James F ^c   Bryan, Nick R ^d   Hutchinson, Richard G ^e   Tyroler, Herman A ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; ethnic groups; hypertension; white matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030479954     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.12.2262     Document Type: Article

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