Pathogenesis of leukoaraiosis: Role of jugular venous reflux

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Chung, Chih Ping ^a,b   Hu, Han Hwa ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN VEIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LEUKOARAIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERFUSION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOID SINUS; THORAX PRESSURE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JUGULAR VEINS; LEUKOARAIOSIS;

FISTULA;

EID: 77953359962     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.01.042     Document Type: Article

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