White matter changes contribute to corpus callosum atrophy in the elderly: The LADIS study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1498-1504

  Ryberg, C ^a   Rostrup, E ^a   Sjostrand K ^b   Paulson, O B ^a,c   Barkhof, F ^d   Scheltens, P ^d   Van Straaten, E C W ^d   Fazekas, F ^e   Schmidt, R ^e   Erkinjuntti, T ^f   Wahlund, L O ^g   Basile, A M ^h   Pantoni, L ^h   Inzitari, D ^h   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a,c  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 51649094329     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1169     Document Type: Article

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