Detection of microbleeds in post-mortem brains of patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration: A 7.0-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging study with neuropathological correlates

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1355-1360

  De Reuck, J ^a   Deramecourt, V ^a,b,c   Cordonnier, C ^a,b   Auger, F ^a,b   Durieux, N ^a,b   Bordet, R ^a,b   Maurage, C A ^a,b,c   Leys, D ^a,b   Pasquier, F ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c JEAN PIERRE AUBERT RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier disruption; Cerebrovascular disease; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Microbleeds; Neuropathology; T2 weighted gradient echo 7.0 T MRI; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SECTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866292914     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03776.x     Document Type: Article

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