Deep frontal and periventricular age related white matter changes but not basal ganglia and infratentorial hyperintensities are associated with falls: Cross sectional results from the LADIS study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 608-613

  Blahak, C ^a,m   Baezner, H ^a   Pantoni, L ^b   Poggesi, A ^b   Chabriat, H ^c   Erkinjuntti, T ^d   Fazekas, F ^e   Ferro, J M ^f   Langhorne, P ^g   O'Brien, J ^h   Visser, M C ⁱ   Wahlund, L O ^j   Waldemar, G ^k   Wallin, A ^l   Inzitari, D ^b   Hennerici, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz   (Portugal)

^g GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^k Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RATING SCALE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 66149112915     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.154633     Document Type: Article

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