Thesis
Factors influencing damage to cerebral white matter in the elderly
- Abstract:
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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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+ Smith, D
Division:
MSD
Department:
Physiology Anatomy & Genetics
Role:
Supervisor
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2009
- Type of award:
- MSc by Research
- Level of award:
- Masters
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:6357
- Deposit date:
- 2012-07-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Blease, S
- Copyright date:
- 2009
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