Cerebral white matter lesions and cognitive function: The Rotterdam scan study

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-151

  De Groot, Jan Cees ^a   De Leeuw, Frank Erik ^a,b   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a   Van Gijn, Jan ^b   Hofman, Albert ^a   Jolles, Jellemer ^c   Breteler, Monique M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033950216     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200002)47:2<145::AID-ANA3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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