Medial temporal lobe atrophy, white matter hyperintensities and cognitive impairment among Nigerian African stroke survivors

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Akinyemi, Rufus O ^a,b   Firbank, Michael ^b   Ogbole, Godwin I ^c   Allan, Louise M ^b   Owolabi, Mayowa O ^c   Akinyemi, Joshua O ^c   Yusuf, Bolutife P ^c   Ogunseyinde, Oluremi ^c   Ogunniyi, Adesola ^c   Kalaria, Raj N ^b  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Brain atrophy; Dementia; Neuroimaging; Nigeria; Stroke; Vascular cognitive impairment; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATROPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REGISTER; SURVIVOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ATROPHY; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; REGISTRIES; STROKE; SURVIVORS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84958937828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1552-7     Document Type: Article

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