Tortuosity of terminal arterioles in the basal ganglia is increased in status lacunaris

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-145

  Poni, Esteban S ^a,b,c   Liwnicz, Boleslaw H ^b   Ying Ying, Yue ^b   North, Mary ^b  

^a Inst Venez de los Seguros Sociales   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad de Loma Linda   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriole; Basal ganglia; Lacunar disease; Status lacunaris; Tortuous blood vessels

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD VESSEL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MORPHOMETRICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATUS LACUNARIS; STUDENT T TEST; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOLES; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0141454877     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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