Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages e129-e132 , September 2011

White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are associated with intracranial atherosclerosis rather than extracranial atherosclerosis

  • Seung-Jae Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, 505, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, South Korea
    • ,
  • Joong-Seok Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, 505, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, South Korea
    • ,
  • Sung-Woo Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, 505, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, South Korea
    • ,
  • Bum-Soo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, 505, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, South Korea
    • ,
  • Kook-Jin Ahn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, 505, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, South Korea
    • ,
  • Kwang-Soo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, 505, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-701, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 2258 2815; fax: +82 2 599 9686.

Received 23 March 2010 ,Revised 19 July 2010 ,Accepted 22 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.07.008

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