Sustained Opening of the Blood-Brain Barrier with Progressive Accumulation of White Matter Hyperintensities Following Ischemic Stroke

Objective: To report a patient in whom an acute ischemic stroke precipitated chronic blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption and expansion of vascular white matter hyperintensities (WMH) into regions of normal appearing white matter (NAWM) during the following year. Background: WMH are a common finding...

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Main Authors: Imama Naqvi, Emi Hitomi, Richard Leigh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/9/1/16