Clinically serious abnormalities found incidentally at MR imaging of the brain: Data from the Cardiovascular Health Study

Radiology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Yue, Nancy Chang ^a   Longstreth Jr , William T ^b   Elster, Allen D ^c   Jungreis, Charles A ^d   O'Leary, Daniel H ^e   Poirier, Virginia C ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Regional Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Aneurysm, cerebral; Brain neoplasms; Brain, infarction; Brain, MR; Meninges

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 0031030145     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.202.1.8988190     Document Type: Article

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