Higher level gait disorders in subcortical chronic vascular encephalopathy: A single photon emission computed tomography study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-307

  Carboncini, Maria Chiara ^a   Volterrani, Duccio ^a   Bonfiglio, Luca ^a   Barsotti, Gabriele ^a   della Porta, Mauro ^a   Mariani, Giuliano ^a   Rossi, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Elderly; Higher level gait disorders; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

AGED; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CYSTEINE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT APRAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WALKING;

EID: 65449152915     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp003     Document Type: Article

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