Cerebral microbleeds: Old leaks and new haemorrhages

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 122-130

  Fiehler, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Cerebral infarction; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Magnetic resonance imaging leukoaraiosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOSIDERIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGING; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ASIAN; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNOLOGY; FIBROMATOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MICROANGIOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33746598306     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2006.00042.x     Document Type: Review

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