Relationship between interleukin-6 and cerebral deep white matter and periventricular hyperintensity in elderly women

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 328-332

  Nagai, Kumiko ^a   Kozaki, Koichi ^a   Sonohara, Kazuki ^a   Akishita, Masahiro ^b   Toba, Kenji ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Leukoaraiosis; White matter hyperintensity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 79959556775     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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