Prevalence, risk factors and consequences of cerebral small vessel diseases: Data from three Asian countries

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 669-674

  Hilal, Saima ^a,b   Mok, Vincent ^c   Youn, Young Chul ^d   Wong, Adrian ^c   Ikram, Mohammad Kamran ^e   Chen, Christopher Li Hsian ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asians; Cerebral Small Vessel Disease; Cognitive impairment; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; LACUNE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MODIFIED FAZEKAS SCALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SINGAPORE; WHITE MATTER; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 85024384937     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2016-315324     Document Type: Article

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