Age-related white matter hyperintensities attenuated by compression from a chronic subdural hematoma: Possible contribution of brain interstitial fluid to the formation of leukoaraiosis

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-142

  Ochi, Makoto ^a   Furuyama, Masako ^a   Satoh, Hideyo ^a   Satoh, Akira ^a   Seto, Makiko ^a   Tsujihata, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a Nagasaki Kita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain interstitial fluid; Chronic subdural hematoma; Leukoaraiosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TIME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74949123128     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.8.139     Document Type: Article

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