Complexity of MRI white matter hyperintensity assessments in relation to cognition in aging and dementia from the Sunnybrook dementia study

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 379-388

  Gao, Fu Qiang ^a   Swartz, Richard H ^a,b   Scheltens, Philip ^c   Leibovitch, Farrell S ^a   Kiss, Alex ^a   Honjo, Kie ^a   Black, Sandra E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimers disease; cognition; MRI; scales; White matter hyperintensity

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED WHITE MATTER CHANGES SCALE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FAZEKAS SCALE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RATING SCALE; SCHELTENS SCALE; VALIDITY; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY;

EID: 80055049995     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-0058     Document Type: Article

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