Correlation between ventricular enlargement and white matter changes

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 12-17

  Inatomi, Yuichiro ^a   Yonehara, Toshiro ^a   Hashimoto, Yoichiro ^b   Hirano, Teruyuki ^c   Uchino, Makoto ^c  

^a SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep white matter hyperintensity; Evans' index; Magnetic resonance imaging; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Periventricular hyperintensity; Ventricular shunting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 43049090068     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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