Increased risk of death in community-dwelling older people with white matter hyperintensities on MRI

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Kerber, Kevin A ^a   Whitman, Gregory T ^b   Brown, Devin L ^a   Baloh, Robert W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular; Community dwelling; Elderly; Mortality; MRI; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; CAUSALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33750522791     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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