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Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Minimal Leukoaraiosis

Author(s) -

Kaechang Park,

Nobufumi Yasuda

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.108.531012

Subject(s) - leukoaraiosis , medicine , fluid attenuated inversion recovery , white matter , metabolic syndrome , stroke (engine) , cardiology , magnetic resonance imaging , obesity , radiology , mechanical engineering , engineering

To the Editor:We read with interest the article by Bokura et al reporting the association of MetS with silent ischemic brain lesions, silent brain infarction (SBI), and leukoaraiosis (LA),1 as described previously.2,3 The association is very important for understanding of the role that MetS plays in preventing stroke and cognitive impairments because both SBI and LA are regarded as predictors for the clinical events. …

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