MR imaging of the aging brain: patchy white-matter lesions and dementia.
Year: 1985
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies of the brain in five elderly patients with non-Alzheimer dementia were compared with those in two groups of nondemented control subjects. Group 1 included five subjects aged 59-66; group 2 included nine subjects aged 74-81. In all of the demented patients and in three of the subjects in the older control group, MR showed diffuse, patchy white-matter lesions. A rating scale was used to grade the severity of the changes. The results suggest a higher incidence of white-matter lesions in elderly patients with non-Alzheimer dementia and in cognitively normal elderly with advancing age.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: M Brant-Zawadzki, G Fein, C Van Dyke, R Kiernan, L Davenport, J de Groot
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2329232273