White matter hyperintensities and hypobaric exposure

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 719-726

  McGuire, Stephen A ^a,b,c   Sherman, Paul M ^c   Wijtenburg, S Andrea ^d   Rowland, Laura M ^d   Grogan, Patrick M ^c   Sladky, John H ^c   Robinson, Andrew Y ^c   Kochunov, Peter V ^d  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION; AGING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AGING; AIR PRESSURE; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84912139936     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24264     Document Type: Article

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