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- noun pathology A
rarefaction of thewhite matter in thebrain
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A good deal of evidence links leukoaraiosis white matter lesions or WML to decline in executive function and there is much evidence linking WML to hypertension.
Archive 2007-08-01 james gaulte 2007
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A good deal of evidence links leukoaraiosis white matter lesions or WML to decline in executive function and there is much evidence linking WML to hypertension.
White Matter Lesion (WMLs) link hypertension to frontal lobe dementia james gaulte 2007
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Dame in Montreal, two silent factors - leukoaraiosis and silent brain infarcts - can be really tricky and dangerous.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Changes in white matter as determinant of global functional decline in older independent outpatients: three year follow-up of LADIS (leukoaraiosis and disability) study cohort
Latest headlines from BMJ Wallin 2010
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Other risk factors for AAICH include advanced age, history of hypertension, simultaneous use of antiplatelet agents, CAA, apolipoprotein genotype e2, and presence of leukoaraiosis on neuroimaging [21,22,25,26,27].
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