Does leukoaraiosis predict morbidity and mortality?

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 90-94

  Briley, Dennis P ^a,b   Haroon, Shamshad ^a   Sergent, Susan M ^a   Thomas, Stuart ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Gait; Leukoaraiosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARKINSONISM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

EID: 0033959243     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.54.1.90     Document Type: Article

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