Brain abnormalities in the elderly: Frequency and predictors in the United States (the cardiovascular health study)

Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 53, 1998, Pages 9-16

  Longstreth Jr , W T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031605089     PISSN: 03036995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6467-9_2     Document Type: Article

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