Vascular deaths in elderly neurological patients with leukoaraiosis

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-181

  Inzitari, Domenico ^a   Cadelo, Massimo ^b   Marranci, Maria Luisa ^b   Pracucci, Giovanni ^a   Pantoni, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Cerebrovascular diseases; Leukoaraiosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0031040939     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.2.177     Document Type: Article

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