White matter abnormalities in mobility-impaired older persons

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1277-1283

  Guttmann, Charles R G ^a   Benson, R ^d   Warfield, S K ^a   Wei, X ^a   Anderson, M C ^a   Hall, C B ^b   Abu Hasaballah, K ^d   Mugler III, J P ^c   Wolfson, L ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Brigham and Women's Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Brain; Gait; Image processing; MRI; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0034724426     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.6.1277     Document Type: Article

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