Study of the positivity of spontaneous and directed diagnosis of leukoaraiosis in the elderly by cranial computerized tomography, and its correlation with cognitive defi cit and cardiovascular risk factors Estudo da positividade do diagnóstico espontâneo e dirigido da leucoaraiose em idosos pela tomografia computadorizada de crânio e sua correlação com déficits cognitivos e fatores de risco cardiovascular
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of leukoaraiosis (LA) and its correlation with vascular risk factors and the cognitive performance of elderly patients. METHOD: 78 patients were randomly selected and submitted to clinic-laboratorial evaluation for vascular risk factors. Two cognitive tests were...
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Thieme Revinter Publicações
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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