Cerebral microbleeds: Important or not important?

Schweizer Archiv fur Neurologie und Psychiatrie

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 290-292

  Thijs, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy magnetic resonance imaging; Cerebral microbleeds; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Ischaemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIFICATION; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; METASTASIS; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

EID: 80055102662     PISSN: 02587661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/sanp.2011.02311     Document Type: Short Survey

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