White matter lesions volume and motor performances in the elderly

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 706-715

  Soumaré, Aïcha ^a,b   Elbaz, Alexis ^a,b   Zhu, Yicheng ^a,b,c,d   Maillard, Pauline ^e,f   Crivello, Fabrice ^e,f   Tavernier, Béatrice ^g   Dufouil, Carole ^a,b   Mazoyer, Bernard ^e,f,h,i   Tzourio, Christophe ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^g DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GAIT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 67650084789     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21674     Document Type: Article

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