More severe white matter changes in the elderly with jugular venous reflux

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 553-559

  Chung, Chih Ping ^a,b   Wang, Pei Ning ^a   Wu, Yi Hui ^a   Tsao, Yu Chien ^a   Sheng, Wen Yung ^a   Lin, Ker Neng ^a   Lin, Shing Jong ^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

ADULT; AGE RELATED WHITE MATTER CHANGES; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; JUGULAR VENOUS REFLUX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS REFLUX;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79953275768     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22276     Document Type: Article

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