Blood pressure, aging, vascular disease, and their effects on brain volume

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1135-

  Nagai, Michiaki ^a,b   Kario, Kazuomi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shobara City Soryo Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGING; ARTERY DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGING; ATROPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 70350463716     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.179     Document Type: Note

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