White matter changes on CT and MRI: An overview of visual rating scales

European Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 80-89

  Scheltens, Philip ^a   Erkinjunti, Timo ^b   Leys, Didier ^b   Wahlund, Lars Olaf ^d   Inzitari, Domenico ^f   Del Ser, Theodora ^g   Pasquier, Florence ^c   Barkhof, Frederik ^a   Mäntylä, Riita ^b   Bowler, John ^h   Wallin, Anders ^e   Ghika, Joseph ⁱ   Fazekas, Franz ^j   Pantoni, Leonardo ^f  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^h CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Computed tomography; Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Visual rating scales; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031917923     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007921     Document Type: Article

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