Sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy is not a frequent cause of spontaneous brain hemorrhage

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 923-928

  Jellinger, K A ^a   Lauda, F ^b   Attems, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL NEUROBIOLOGY   (Austria)

^b OTTO WAGNER HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Hypertension; Lobar and deep hemorrhages; Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547095227     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01880.x     Document Type: Article

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