Cerebral microbleeds: A review

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-160

  Loitfelder, M ^a   Seiler, S ^a   Schwingenschuh, P ^a   Schmidt, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Cognition; Diagnostic imaging; Prev alence

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84867151165     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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