Subclinical cerebral lesion accumulation on serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with hypertension: Risk factors

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-256

  Shintani, S ^a   Shiigai, T ^a   Arinami, T ^b  

^a Toride Kyodo General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Risk factors; Serial MRI; Subclinical MRI change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN INJURY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031920787     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb00646.x     Document Type: Article

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