Association of white matter lesions and lacunar infarcts with executive functioning

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1147-1155

  Geerlings, Mirjam I ^a   Appelman, Auke P A ^b   Vincken, Koen L ^b   Mali, Willem P T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Cognition; Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

BRAIN; COGNITION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; LESION; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MEMORY; NEUROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 72049129412     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp256     Document Type: Article

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