Distinguishing silent lacunar infarction from enlarged Virchow-Robin spaces: A magnetic resonance imaging and pathological study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 116-122

  Bokura, Hirokazu ^a   Kobayashi, Shotai ^a   Yamaguchi, Shuhei ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lacunar infarction; Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging; Virchow Robin space

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031908115     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050189     Document Type: Article

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