Carotid atherosclerosis and cerebral white matter lesions in a population based magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-296

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

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0034004330     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050586     Document Type: Article

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