Is there an association between leukoaraiosis volume and diabetes?

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 273-279

  Lucatelli, Pierleone ^a   Montisci, Roberto ^b   Sanfilippo, Roberto ^b   Sacconi, Beatrice ^a,d   Suri, Jasjit S ^c   Catalano, Carlo ^a   Saba, Luca ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c AtheroPoint LLC   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Diabetes; Leukoaraiosis; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84953211009     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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