Association between subcortical vascular disease on CT and neuropathological findings

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 690-695

  Rossi, Roberta ^a   Joachim, Catherine ^b   Geroldi, Cristina ^a   Combrinck, Marc ^c   Esiri, Margaret M ^b   Smith, A David ^b   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Small vessel disease; Subcortical vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAPILLARIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242881305     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1144     Document Type: Article

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