Role of white matter lesions in cognitive impairment of vascular origin

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages

  Pantoni, Leonardo ^a   Leys, Didier ^b   Fazekas, Franz ^c   Longstreth Jr , Will T ^d   Inzitari, Domenico ^a   Wallin, Anders ^e   Filippi, Massimo ^f   Scheltens, Philip ^g   Erkinjuntti, Timo ^h   Hachinski, Vladimir ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Dementia; Leukoaraiosis; Small vessel; Vascular dementia; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; HUMANS;

EID: 0033202418     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199912003-00008     Document Type: Article

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