Are acute infarcts the cause of leukoaraiosis? Brain mapping for 16 consecutive weeks

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 899-904

  Conklin, John ^a   Silver, Frank L ^b   Mikulis, David J ^b   Mell, Daniel M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; WHITE MATTER; ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRENDS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84913582825     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24285     Document Type: Article

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