Lack of association of white matter lesions with ipsilateral carotid artery stenosis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 378-384

  Potter, Gillian M ^a,b   Doubal, Fergus N ^a   Jackson, Caroline A ^a   Sudlow, Cathie L M ^a   Dennis, Martin S ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Atheroma; Carotid stenosis; Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thromboembolism; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84858306280     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336762     Document Type: Article

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