White matter lesion subtypes and cognitive deficits in patients with memory impairment

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 424-431

  Stenset, Vidar ^a   Hofoss, Dag ^a   Berstad, Audun Elnaes ^a   Negaard, Anne ^a   Gjerstad, Leif ^b   Fladby, Tormod ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular diseases; Cognitive impairment; Magnetic resonance imaging; Memory disorders; White matter hyperintensities; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROBEHAVIORAL COGNITIVE STATUS EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 54149086339     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000165355     Document Type: Article

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