Brain injury as end-organ damage in hypertension

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1015-1017

  Scuteri, Angelo ^a  

^a Istituto di Ricovero e Cura A Carattere Scientifico   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE MATTER;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 84869143017     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70265-X     Document Type: Letter

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