Severity of leukoaraiosis determines clinical phenotype after brain infarction

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-61

  Arsava, E M ^a   Bayrlee, A ^a   Vangel, M ^a   Rost, N S ^a   Rosand, J ^a,b   Furie, K L ^a   Sorensen, A G ^a   Ay, H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSIENT SYMPTOM WITH INFARCTION;

EID: 80051511580     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318221ad02     Document Type: Article

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