Leukoaraiosis in stroke patients

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 915-922

  Coşkun, Ozlem ^a,b   Yildiz, Hülya ^a   Emre, Ufuk ^a   Akin, Ümit ^a   Üçler, Serap ^a   Ergun, Ufuk ^a   Tunç, Tuǧba ^a   Inan, E Levent ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leukoaraiosis; Stroke; White matter abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

AGED; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042026355     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450390220349     Document Type: Article

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