Connecting cerebral white matter lesions and hypertensive target organ damage

Journal of Aging Research

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sierra, Cristina ^a   López Soto, Alfons ^a   Coca, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EYE FUNDUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MICROALBUMINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84867187294     PISSN: 20902204     EISSN: 20902212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/438978     Document Type: Review

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