Neurological abnormalities predict disability: The LADIS (Leukoaraiosis and DISability) study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1160-1169

  Poggesi, Anna ^a   Gouw, Alida ^b   Van Der Flier, Wiesje ^b   Pracucci, Giovanni ^a   Chabriat, Hugues ^c   Erkinjuntti, Timo ^d   Fazekas, Franz ^e   Ferro, José M ^f   Blahak, Christian ^g   Langhorne, Peter ^h   O'Brien, John ⁱ   Schmidt, Reinhold ^e   Visser, Marieke C ^b   Wahlund, Lars Olof ^j   Waldemar, Gunhild ^k   Wallin, Anders ^l   Scheltens, Philip ^b   Inzitari, Domenico ^a   Pantoni, Leonardo ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f Centro de Estudos Egas Moniz   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^k Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^m CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Cerebrovascular diseases; Disability; MRI; Neurological examination; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; DISABILITY; FALLING; FAZEKAS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; VISUAL DISORDER; WHITE MATTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DISABLED PERSON; EUROPE; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84903608386     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-014-7332-9     Document Type: Article

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