Attenuation of brain white matter lesions after lacunar stroke

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-138

  Durand Birchenall, Julia ^a   Leclercq, Claire ^a   Daouk, Joël ^b   Monet, Pauline ^a   Godefroy, Olivier ^a   Bugnicourt, Jean Marc ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Brain white matter hyperintensities; Leukoaraiosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INDAPAMIDE; PERINDOPRIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84856684179     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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