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Subcortical Ischemic Vascular Dementia: Assessment with Quantitative MR Imaging and 1H MR Spectroscopy
Aristides A. Capizzano, Norbert Schuff, Diane L. Amend, Jody L. Tanabe, David Norman, Andrew A. Maudsley, William Jagust, Helena C. Chui, George Fein, Mark R. Segal and Michael W. Weiner
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2000, 21 (4) 621-630;
Aristides A. Capizzano
aFrom the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., A.A.M., M.W.W.), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, San Francisco, CA; the Departments of Radiology (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., D.N., M.W.W.), Medicine (M.W.W.), Psychiatry (G.F., M.W.W.), and Neurology (M.W.W.) and the Division of Biostatistics (M.R.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; The Center for Functional Imaging (W.J.), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and the Department of Neurology (H.C.C.), University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA.
Norbert Schuff
aFrom the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., A.A.M., M.W.W.), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, San Francisco, CA; the Departments of Radiology (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., D.N., M.W.W.), Medicine (M.W.W.), Psychiatry (G.F., M.W.W.), and Neurology (M.W.W.) and the Division of Biostatistics (M.R.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; The Center for Functional Imaging (W.J.), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and the Department of Neurology (H.C.C.), University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA.
Diane L. Amend
aFrom the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., A.A.M., M.W.W.), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, San Francisco, CA; the Departments of Radiology (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., D.N., M.W.W.), Medicine (M.W.W.), Psychiatry (G.F., M.W.W.), and Neurology (M.W.W.) and the Division of Biostatistics (M.R.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; The Center for Functional Imaging (W.J.), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and the Department of Neurology (H.C.C.), University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA.
Jody L. Tanabe
aFrom the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., A.A.M., M.W.W.), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, San Francisco, CA; the Departments of Radiology (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., D.N., M.W.W.), Medicine (M.W.W.), Psychiatry (G.F., M.W.W.), and Neurology (M.W.W.) and the Division of Biostatistics (M.R.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; The Center for Functional Imaging (W.J.), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and the Department of Neurology (H.C.C.), University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA.
David Norman
aFrom the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., A.A.M., M.W.W.), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, San Francisco, CA; the Departments of Radiology (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., D.N., M.W.W.), Medicine (M.W.W.), Psychiatry (G.F., M.W.W.), and Neurology (M.W.W.) and the Division of Biostatistics (M.R.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; The Center for Functional Imaging (W.J.), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and the Department of Neurology (H.C.C.), University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA.
Andrew A. Maudsley
aFrom the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., A.A.M., M.W.W.), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, San Francisco, CA; the Departments of Radiology (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., D.N., M.W.W.), Medicine (M.W.W.), Psychiatry (G.F., M.W.W.), and Neurology (M.W.W.) and the Division of Biostatistics (M.R.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; The Center for Functional Imaging (W.J.), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and the Department of Neurology (H.C.C.), University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA.
William Jagust
aFrom the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., A.A.M., M.W.W.), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, San Francisco, CA; the Departments of Radiology (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., D.N., M.W.W.), Medicine (M.W.W.), Psychiatry (G.F., M.W.W.), and Neurology (M.W.W.) and the Division of Biostatistics (M.R.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; The Center for Functional Imaging (W.J.), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and the Department of Neurology (H.C.C.), University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA.
Helena C. Chui
aFrom the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., A.A.M., M.W.W.), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, San Francisco, CA; the Departments of Radiology (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., D.N., M.W.W.), Medicine (M.W.W.), Psychiatry (G.F., M.W.W.), and Neurology (M.W.W.) and the Division of Biostatistics (M.R.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; The Center for Functional Imaging (W.J.), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and the Department of Neurology (H.C.C.), University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA.
George Fein
aFrom the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., A.A.M., M.W.W.), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, San Francisco, CA; the Departments of Radiology (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., D.N., M.W.W.), Medicine (M.W.W.), Psychiatry (G.F., M.W.W.), and Neurology (M.W.W.) and the Division of Biostatistics (M.R.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; The Center for Functional Imaging (W.J.), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and the Department of Neurology (H.C.C.), University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA.
Mark R. Segal
aFrom the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., A.A.M., M.W.W.), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, San Francisco, CA; the Departments of Radiology (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., D.N., M.W.W.), Medicine (M.W.W.), Psychiatry (G.F., M.W.W.), and Neurology (M.W.W.) and the Division of Biostatistics (M.R.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; The Center for Functional Imaging (W.J.), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and the Department of Neurology (H.C.C.), University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA.
Michael W. Weiner
aFrom the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., A.A.M., M.W.W.), Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit, San Francisco, CA; the Departments of Radiology (A.A.C., N.S., D.L.A., J.L.T., D.N., M.W.W.), Medicine (M.W.W.), Psychiatry (G.F., M.W.W.), and Neurology (M.W.W.) and the Division of Biostatistics (M.R.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; The Center for Functional Imaging (W.J.), Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and the Department of Neurology (H.C.C.), University of Southern California, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA.

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Aristides A. Capizzano, Norbert Schuff, Diane L. Amend, Jody L. Tanabe, David Norman, Andrew A. Maudsley, William Jagust, Helena C. Chui, George Fein, Mark R. Segal, Michael W. Weiner
Subcortical Ischemic Vascular Dementia: Assessment with Quantitative MR Imaging and 1H MR Spectroscopy
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