Neuroimaging predictors of cognitive impairment in confluent white matter lesion: Volumetric analyses of 99 brain regions

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-73

  Mok, Vincent C T ^a   Liu, Tianming ^b,c   Lam, Wynnie W M ^a   Wong, Adrian ^a   Hu, Xintao ^d   Guo, Lei ^d   Chen, Xiang Yan ^a   Tang, Wai Kwong ^a   Wong, Ka Sing ^a   Wong, Stephen ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Confluent white matter lesion; Neuroimaging predictors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN REGION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATROPHY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, MULTI-INFARCT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 37349009022     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111692     Document Type: Article

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