Small vessel stroke and white matter lesions: Peas in a pod, or horses of a different color?

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1664-1665

  Wright, Clinton B ^a,b   Sacco, Ralph L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LIPOHYALINOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMALL VESSEL STROKE; THALAMUS; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 78650013845     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181fc2a2e     Document Type: Editorial

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