Subcortical White Matter Infarcts: Comparison of Superficial Perforating Artery and Internal Border-Zone Infarcts Using Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2630-2635

  Lee, Phil Hyu ^b   Bang, Oh Young ^a   Oh, Se Ho ^b   Joo, In Soo ^b   Huh, Kyoon ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Internal border zone infarcts; Magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion weighted; Superficial perforating artery infarcts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0242441670     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000097609.66185.05     Document Type: Article

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