Are multiple acute small subcortical infarctions caused by embolic mechanisms?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1416-1420

  Chowdhury, D ^a   Wardlaw, J M ^a   Dennis, M S ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 4644354608     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.038653     Document Type: Article

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