Determinants of cerebral white matter changes in patients with stroke

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 390-395

  Chou, P S ^a   Chen, C H ^b   Wu, M N ^a   Lin, Y H ^a   Lai, C L ^a,c   Lin, R T ^a,c   Yang, Y H ^a,c,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral white matter change; Fazekas scale; Hypertension; Leukoaraiosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; DEEP WHITE MATTER CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIVENTRICULAR WHITE MATTER CHANGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE PATIENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 84964289604     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12704     Document Type: Article

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