Cerebral emboli in the genesis of dementia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 17-20

  Purandare, Nitin ^a   Burns, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cause; Cerebral emboli; Course; Prevention; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 67650103452     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.02.306     Document Type: Article

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