Cerebral Microbleeds Are Associated with Worse Cognitive Function in the Nondemented Elderly with Small Vessel Disease

Cerebral Microbleeds Are Associated with Worse Cognitive Function in the Nondemented Elderly with Small Vessel Disease

Background: Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a leading cause of cognitive decline in the elderly. Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) have emerged as an important manifestation of cerebral SVD, in addition to lacunar infarcts and white matter lesions (WMLs). We investigated whether the presence and lo...

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Main Authors: Kazuo Yamashiro, Ryota Tanaka, Yasuyuki Okuma, Hideki Shimura, Yuji Ueno, Nobukazu Miyamoto, Takao Urabe, Nobutaka Hattori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-12-01
Series:Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra
Subjects:
Cerebral microbleeds
Small vessel disease
Cognition
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/369294

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