Unexpectedly low prevalence of intracerebral hemorrhages in sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy: An autopsy study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-76

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

^a OTTO WAGNER HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL NEUROBIOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Hypertension; Lobar and deep hemorrhages; Prevalence of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in brains with and without intracerebral hematomas; Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 38549178497     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0674-4     Document Type: Article

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