Cerebral microbleeds - Prevalence, distribution and risk factors in northeast population without preceding large-area stroke

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 286-290

  Liu, Peng Fei ^a   Cui, Ying Zhe ^b   Na, Jing ^b   Gao, Pei Yi ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral microbleeds; Factor analysis; Gradient echo sequences; Hypertension; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL MICROBLEED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 76649101785     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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