Cerebral white-matter lesions in asymptomatic military divers

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-4

  Erdem, Iclal ^b   Yildiz, Senol ^a,c   Uzun, Gunalp ^c   Sonmez, Guner ^c   Senol, Mehmet Guney ^c   Mutluoglu, Mesut ^c   Mutlu, Hakan ^c   Oner, Bulent ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Taksim Teaching and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^c GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hyperintense lesion; Long term; Magnetic resonance imaging; Military diver

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVER; DIVING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIVING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 58149218154     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2234.2009     Document Type: Article

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