White matter lesions on magnetic resonance imaging and their relationship with vascular risk factors in memory clinic attenders

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 274-279

  Lazarus, Renuka ^a   Prettyman, R ^b   Cherryman, G ^c  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Memory; Risk factors; Vascular; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHITE MATTER; ADULT; AGE; BRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 15544373905     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1283     Document Type: Article

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