Aortic Atherosclerosis at Middle Age Predicts Cerebral White Matter Lesions in the Elderly
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 31 (2) , 425-429
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.31.2.425
Abstract
Background and Purpose—MRI scans of the brains of elderly people frequently show white matter lesions. Clinically, these lesions are associated with cognitive impairment and dementia. A relation be...Keywords
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