Advanced Neuroimaging of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Blair, Gordon W ^a   Hernandez, Maria Valdez ^a   Thrippleton, Michael J ^a   Doubal, Fergus N ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Lacunes; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microbleeds; Small vessel disease; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 85021242298     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: 15343189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-017-0555-1     Document Type: Review

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