Pathologic findings of silent hyperintense white matter lesions on MRI

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-131

  Takao, Masaki ^a   Koto, Atsuo ^a   Tanahashi, Norio ^a   Fukuuchi, Yasuo ^a   Takagi, Makoto ^b   Morinaga, Shojiroh ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Saiseikai Ctrl H ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

'Caps'; 'Rims'; Hypertension; Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032800501     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00158-6     Document Type: Article

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