Prevalence of white matter hyperintensities in a young healthy population

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-251

  Hopkins, Ramona O ^a,b   Beck, Callie J ^a   Burnett, David L ^a   Weaver, Lindell K ^b,c   Victoroff, Jeff ^d   Bigler, Erin D ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrum semiovale; Healthy normals; Periventricular; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY; BRAIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748463270     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2006.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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