Correlation between computed tomography findings of leukoaraiosis and 24-hour blood pressure variability in elderly subjects

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 66-70

  Tartaro, Armando ^a   Budassi, Stefania ^a   Pascali, Danilo ^a   Marini, Enrico ^a   Di Iorio, Angelo ^a   Abate, Giuseppe ^a   Bonomo, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring readings; Blood pressure variability; Computed tomography; Leukoaraiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949862608     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3057(99)80056-1     Document Type: Article

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