Lacunar infarct and cognitive decline

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1251-1254

  Arboix, Adrià ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cerebral small vessel disease; cognitive impairment; lacunar infarct; neuropsychology; prognosis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISABILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STROKE;

EID: 80052258219     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.11.118     Document Type: Review

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