Cerebral white matter lesions in patients with dementia - from MCI to severe Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 79-82

  Targosz Gajniak, Magdalena ^a   Siuda, Joanna ^a,b   Ochudło, Stanisław ^a   Opala, Grzegorz ^a,b  

^a Central University Hospital   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Vascular risk factors; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 67650136309     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.02.314     Document Type: Article

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