Frequency of asymptomatic microbleeds on T2*-weighted MR images of patients with recurrent stroke: Association with combination of stroke subtypes and leukoaraiosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 714-719

  Naka, Hiromitsu ^a   Nomura, Eiichi ^a   Wakabayashi, Shinichi ^a   Kajikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kohriyama, Tatsuo ^b   Mimori, Yasuyo ^b   Nakamura, Shigenobu ^a   Matsumoto, Masayasu ^b  

^a Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE;

AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 2442653047     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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