Progress of leukoaraiosis is inhibited by correction of platelet hyper-aggregability

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 689-698

  Fujita, Shigekiyo ^a,b   Kawaguchi, Tetsuro ^a   Uehara, Toshiyuki ^a   Fukushima, Kazuhito ^b  

^a Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji   (Japan)

^b Ishikawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binswanger's dementia; Platelet hyper aggregability; Prevention; Risk factor; White matter lesion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN;

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLARIMETRY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASPIRIN; BRAIN; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBESITY; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 28744453073     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020500164X     Document Type: Article

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