Virchow-Robin spaces relate to cerebral small vessel disease severity

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 692-696

  Rouhl, R P W ^a   Van Oostenbrugge, R J ^a   Knottnerus, I L H ^a   Staals, J E A ^a   Lodder, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lacunar infarct; Leukoaraiosis; Perivascular spaces; Small vessel disease; Virchow Robin spaces

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 44449104960     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0777-y     Document Type: Article

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