Prevalence and risk factors of silent brain infarcts in the population-based Rotterdam scan study

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-25

  Vermeer, Sarah E ^a   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^b   Hofman, Albert ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Population; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0036144081     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hs0102.101629     Document Type: Article

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