Do cerebral white matter lesions influence the rate of progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia?

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 120-127

  Devine, Michael E ^a   Fonseca, J Andres Saez ^b   Walker, Zuzana ^c  

^a NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Churchill Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^c St Margaret's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; amnestic; cerebrovascular disease; conversion; dementia; non amnestic; survival analysis; white matter lesions

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; WHITE MATTER LESION;

AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873021863     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212000932     Document Type: Article

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