Emerging spectra of silent brain infarction

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3461-3471

  Fanning, Jonathon P ^a   Wesley, Allan J ^a,b,c   Wong, Andrew A ^a,d   Fraser, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Lacunar; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ACUTE INFARCTION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GLYCOCALYX; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONACUTE INFARCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERFUSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INFARCTION; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84922480051     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005919     Document Type: Review

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