Factors influencing damage to cerebral white matter in the elderly
<p>BACKGROUND: White matter hyperintensities (WMH) appearing on magnetic resonance images (MRI) occur in the non-demented and demented elderly. Age is an established risk factor associated with WMH. Other possible risk factors include sex, smoking, hypertension, biochemical markers and genotyp...
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2009
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