Risk factors for cerebral microbleeds in the elderly

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-403

  Van Es, Adriaan C G M ^a   Van Der Grond, Jeroen ^a   De Craen, Anton J M ^a   Admiraal Behloul, Faiza ^a   Blauw, Gerard J ^a   Van Buchem, Mark A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Hypertension; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microbleeds, risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBRAL MICROBLEED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BASAL GANGLIA CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PRAVASTATIN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 50049103419     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151680     Document Type: Article

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