Cognitive state following stroke: the predominant role of preexisting white matter lesions.

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Stroke is a major cause of cognitive impairment and dementia in adults, however the role of the ischemic lesions themselves, on top of other risk factors known in the elderly, remains controversial. This study used structural equation modeling to determine...

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Main Authors: Efrat Kliper, Einor Ben Assayag, Ricardo Tarrasch, Moran Artzi, Amos D Korczyn, Shani Shenhar-Tsarfaty, Orna Aizenstein, Hen Hallevi, Anat Mike, Ludmila Shopin, Natan M Bornstein, Dafna Ben Bashat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25153800/?tool=EBI