Frequency and location of dilated Virchow-Robin spaces in elderly people: A population-based 3D MR imaging study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-713

  Zhu, Y C ^a,b,c,d   Dufouil, C ^a,b   Mazoyer, B ^e,f,g,h   Soumare A ^a,b   Ricolfi, F ⁱ   Tzourio, C ^a,b,c   Chabriat, Hugues ^a,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^g CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

ⁱ General Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; DILATED VIRCHOW ROBIN SPACE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGING; BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79954486091     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2366     Document Type: Article

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