Severe Leukoaraiosis Portends a Poor Outcome After Traumatic Brain Injury

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 483-495

  Henninger, Nils ^a   Izzy, Saef ^a   Carandang, Raphael ^a   Hall, Wiley ^a   Muehlschlegel, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral small vessel disease; CT; Leukoaraiosis; Old age; Outcome; Traumatic brain injury; White matter injury

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84936753589     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-014-9980-0     Document Type: Article

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