Aortic atherosclerosis at middle age predicts cerebral white matter lesions in the elderly

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 425-429

  De Leeuw, Frank Erik ^a   De Groot, Jan Cees ^a   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Van Gijn, Jan ^b   Breteler, Monique M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cerebrovascular disorders; Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033966134     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.2.425     Document Type: Article

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