Cerebral microinfarcts: The invisible lesions

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-282

  Smith, Eric E ^a   Schneider, Julie A ^b   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^c,d   Greenberg, Steven M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Scottish Imaging Network   (United Kingdom)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CEREBRAL MICROINFARCT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 84856880119     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70307-6     Document Type: Review

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