Intracerebral haemorrhage in the oldest old: a population-based study (Vantaa 85+)

Intracerebral haemorrhage in the oldest old: a population-based study (Vantaa 85+)

Aims: Very elderly subjects form the fastest growing population in the world. Most of the studies on intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) have been carried out on younger patients. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of ICH in the oldest old.Materials and methods: The brains of 300 au...

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Main Authors: Maarit eTanskanen, Mira eMäkelä, Liisa eMyllykangas, Sari eRastas, Raimo eSulkava, Anders ePaetau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Population
apolipoprotein E ε4 allele
intracerebral haemorrhage
microinfarction
oldest old
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2012.00103/full

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