Development and progression of leukoaraiosis in patients with brain ischemia and carotid artery disease

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1913-1916

  Streifler, Jonathan Y ^a,g   Eliasziw, Michael ^b   Benavente, Oscar R ^c   Alamowitch, Sonia ^d   Fox, Allan J ^e   Hachinski, Vladimir ^f   Barnett, Henry J M ^f  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Leukoaraiosis; Prognosis; Stroke; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042122438     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000080939.39414.83     Document Type: Article

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