Age-associated white matter lesions and dementia: Are these lesions causal or casual?

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1503-1504

  Román, Gustavo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

AGING; BRAIN DISEASES; DEMENTIA; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 5344258987     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.10.1503     Document Type: Editorial

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