Age- and sex-specific rates of leukoaraiosis in TIA and stroke patients: population-based study.

Publication

Age- and sex-specific rates of leukoaraiosis in TIA and stroke patients: population-based study.

Journal Paper/Review - Sep 5, 2012

Simoni Michela, Li Linxin, Paul Nicola L M, Grüter Basil, Schulz Ursula G, Küker Wilhelm, Rothwell Peter M

Citation

Simoni M, Li L, Paul N, Grüter B, Schulz U, Küker W, Rothwell P. Age- and sex-specific rates of leukoaraiosis in TIA and stroke patients: population-based study. Neurology 2012; 79:1215-22.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

Neurology 2012; 79

Publication Date

Sep 5, 2012

Issn Electronic

1526-632X

Pages

1215-22

Brief description/objective

To determine any sex differences in age-specific prevalence or severity of leukoaraiosis, a marker of white matter ischemia, in population-based and clinic cohorts of TIA/stroke and in a systematic review of the literature.