Leukoaraiosis is associated with arterial wall thickness: A quantitative analysis

Neuropathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-233

  Auriel, Eitan ^a   Csiba, Laszlo ^b   Berenyi, Ervin ^b   Varkonyi, Ildiko ^b   Mehes, Gabor ^b   Kardos, Laszlo ^b   Karni, Arnon ^a   Bornstein, Natan M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Leukoaraiosis; Stroke; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING;

EID: 84861527620     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2011.01262.x     Document Type: Article

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