White matter lesions on magnetic resonance imaging in dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and normal aging

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-72

  Barber, R ^a,b   Scheltens, P ^c   Gholkar, A ^a   Ballard, C ^b   McKeith, I ^a   Ince, P ^b   Perry, R ^a   O'Brien, J ^a  

^a Wolfson Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033031974     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.1.66     Document Type: Article

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