Subcortical gray matter N-acetylaspartate reduction in two cases of vascular dementia

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-17

  Salem, Douraied Ben ^a   Walker, Paul Michael ^a   Osseby, Guy Victor ^a   Krausé, Denis ^a   Giroud, Maurice ^a   Brunotte, François ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Gray matter; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROTONS; REDUCTION;

GRAY MATTER; SUBCORTICAL;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CAPTOPRIL; CHOLINE; CLOPIDOGREL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BINSWANGER ENCEPHALOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSGRAPHIA; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY;

AGED; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0346668253     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(02)00483-7     Document Type: Article

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