Silent brain infarction and subcortical white matter lesions increase the risk of stroke and mortality: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Bokura, Hirokazu ^a,b   Kobayashi, Shotai ^b   Yamaguchi, Shuhei ^a   Iijima, Kenichi ^a   Nagai, Atsushi ^a   Toyoda, Genya ^a   Oguro, Hiroaki ^a   Takahashi, Kazuo ^a  

^a Department of Neurology Hematology and Rheumatology ^*  (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Mortality; Periventricular hyperintensity; Silent brain infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 33644641080     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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