Prevalences of and Risk Factors for White Matter Lesion and Silent Lacunar Infarcts in Brain Check-up

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1027-1032

  Masana, Yoshiyuki ^a   Iwamoto, Fuminori ^a   Yamada, Masanobu ^a   Motozaki, Takahiko ^b   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^c  

^a Kobe Ekisaikai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nishinomiya Munic Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Hypertension; Risk factor; Silent lacunar infarct; White matter lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SILENT LACUNAR INFARCT; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION; AGING; BRAIN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPHASIC SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1042302855     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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