Serum carotenoids and cerebral white matter lesions: The Rotterdam Scan Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 642-646

  Den Heijer, Tom ^a,b   Launer, Lenore J ^a   De Groot, Jan Cees ^a   De Leeuw, Frank Erik ^a,b   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a   Van Gijn, Jan ^b   Hofman, Albert ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carotenoids; Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN INJURY; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CAROTENOIDS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035013126     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49126.x     Document Type: Article

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