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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 genotypes associated with B vitamin status, and APOE ε4 status. WMH have been associated with an increased risk of depression and cognitive dysfunction.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate factors associated with ...
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- Publication date:
- 2009
- Type of award:
- MSc by Research
- Level of award:
- Masters
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
- URN:
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uuid:c620b596-ad20-4881-9016-0f5a015e8ffb
- Local pid:
- ora:6357
- Language:
- English
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- Copyright holder:
- Sophie J. Blease
- Copyright date:
- 2009
Thesis
Factors influencing damage to cerebral white matter in the elderly
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