Spontaneous brain microbleeds: Systematic review, subgroup analyses and standards for study design and reporting

Brain

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1988-2003

  Cordonnier, Charlotte ^a   Al Shahi Salman, Rustam ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microbleeds; Stroke

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 34249802129     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl387     Document Type: Review

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