Vascular risk factors linked to multiple lacunar infarcts

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 152-157

  Spolveri, Stefano ^a   Baruffi, Maria Cristina ^a   Cappelletti, Carlo ^a   Semerano, Francesco ^a   Rossi, Stefania ^b   Pracucci, Giovanni ^b   Inzitari, Domenico ^b  

^a SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Computed tomography; Hypertension; Lacunar infarction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOMEGALY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031945152     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015841     Document Type: Article

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