Body fat distribution as a risk factor for cerebrovascular disease: An MRI-based body fat quantification study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 341-348

  Karcher, Hanna Sofia ^a   Holzwarth, Robert ^a   Mueller, Hans Peter ^a   Ludolph, Albert C ^a   Huber, Roman ^a   Kassubek, Jan ^a   Pinkhardt, Elmar H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Computed tomography angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microangiopathy; Obesity; Risk factors for stroke; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOLUMETRY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EID: 84876457562     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348703     Document Type: Article

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