Neuroimaging of cerebrovascular disease in the aging brain

Aging and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 414-425

  Gupta, Ajay ^a   Nair, Sreejit ^a   Schweitzer, Andrew D ^a   Kishore, Sirish ^a   Johnson, Carl E ^a   Comunale, Joseph P ^a   Tsiouris, Apostolos J ^a   Sanelli, Pina C ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebral infarction; Cerebrovascular disease; Neuroimaging; Neuroradiology; White matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883893036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21525250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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