Reduced cerebral blood flow in white matter in ischaemic leukoaraiosis demonstrated using quantitative exogenous contrast based perfusion MRI

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-53

  Markus, H S ^a   Lythgoe, D J ^a   Ostegaard, L ^b   O'Sullivan, M ^a   Williams, S C R ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Neuroradiology ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebrovascular circulation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0034131204     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.1.48     Document Type: Article

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