Pineal calcification is a novel risk factor for symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-54

  Kitkhuandee, Amnat ^a   Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak ^a,b   Johns, Jeffrey ^b   Kanpittaya, Jaturat ^a   Tuntapakul, Supinya ^b   Johns, Nutjaree Pratheepawanit ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Association; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Melatonin; Pineal calcification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; PINEAL BODY DISEASE; PINEAL CALCIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCINOSIS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMPLICATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PROCEDURES; RISK; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCINOSIS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PINEAL GLAND; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920955867     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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