Deep white matter lesions on MRI, and not silent brain infarcts are related to headache and dizziness of non-specific cause in non-stroke Japanese subjects

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 727-731

  Fujishima, Masatoshi ^a,n   Yao, Hiroshi ^a   Terashi, Akiro ^b   Tagawa, Koichi ^c   Matsumoto, Masayasu ^d   Hara, Hitoshi ^e   Akiguchi, Ichiro ^f   Suzuki, Kazuo ^g   Nishimaru, Katsuya ^h   Udaka, Fukashi ⁱ   Gyoten, Tetsuya ^j   Takeuchi, Juji ^k   Hamada, Rikuzo ^l   Yoshida, Yoji ^m   Ibayashi, Setsuro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c National Fukuoka Higashi Hospital   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

^h FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^k UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l Minami Kyushu Hospital   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

ⁿ KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Aging; Asymptomatic cerebrovascular disease; Hypertension; Leukoaraiosis; Non specific complaints

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034269168     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.727     Document Type: Article

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