Diffusion changes predict cognitive and functional outcome: The LADIS study

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 576-583

  Jokinen, Hanna ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold ^b   Ropele, Stefan ^b   Fazekas, Franz ^b   Gouw, Alida A ^c   Barkhof, Frederik ^c   Scheltens, Philip ^c   Madureira, Sofia ^d   Verdelho, Ana ^d   Ferro, José M ^d   Wallin, Anders ^e   Poggesi, Anna ^f   Inzitari, Domenico ^f   Pantoni, Leonardo ^f   Erkinjuntti, Timo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Cardiology   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISABILITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORTALITY; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84878276075     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.23802     Document Type: Article

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