Severity of leukoaraiosis determines clinical phenotype after brain infarction

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Arsava E. M., Bayrlee A., Vangel M., Rost N. S., Rosand J., Furie K. L., ...More

NEUROLOGY, vol.77, no.1, pp.55-61, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 77 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e318221ad02
  • Journal Name: NEUROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.55-61
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether the extent of leukoaraiosis, a composite marker of baseline brain integrity, differed between patients with TIA with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) evidence of infarction (transient symptoms with infarction [TSI]) and patients with ischemic stroke.