RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 MR imaging of the aging brain: patchy white-matter lesions and dementia.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 675
OP 682
VO 6
IS 5
A1 Brant-Zawadzki, M
A1 Fein, G
A1 Van Dyke, C
A1 Kiernan, R
A1 Davenport, L
A1 de Groot, J
YR 1985
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/6/5/675.abstract
AB 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.