Risk factors for silent cerebral infarction in the elderly

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 522-524

  Kotani, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Osaki, Yoneatsu ^a   Sakane, Naoki ^c   Adachi, Seiji ^d   Ishimaru, Yasutaka ^e  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Division of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Nawa Public Clinic   (Japan)

^e Kano Public Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Elderly; Hypertension; Silent cerebral infarction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SILENT BRAIN INFARCTION;

EID: 22944488004     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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