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Association of White Matter Hyperintensity Measurements on Brain MR Imaging with Cognitive Status, Medial Temporal Atrophy, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

J. Appel, E. Potter, N. Bhatia, Q. Shen, W. Zhao, M.T. Greig, A. Raj, W.W. Barker, H. Potter, E. Schofield, Y. Wu, D.A. Loewenstein and R. Duara
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2009, 30 (10) 1870-1876; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1693
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Association of White Matter Hyperintensity Measurements on Brain MR Imaging with Cognitive Status, Medial Temporal Atrophy, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
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