Evidence for genetic variance in white matter hyperintensity volume in normal elderly male twins

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1177-1181

  Carmelli, Dorit ^a   DeCarli, Charles ^b   Swan, Gary E ^a   Jack, Lisa M ^a   Reed, Terry ^c   Wolf, Philip A ^d   Miller, Bruce L ^e  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Genetics; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY;

EID: 0031778072     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.6.1177     Document Type: Article

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