Cerebral Microbleeds: A Review of Clinical, Genetic and Neuroimaging Associations

Abstract.Cerebral microbleeds (microbleeds) are small, punctuate hypointense lesions seen in T2* Gradient-Recall Echo (GRE) and Susceptibility-Weighted (SWI) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) sequences, corresponding to areas of hemosiderin breakdown products from prior microscopic hemorrhages. They...

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Main Authors: Paul Andrew Yates, Victor L Villemagne, Kathryn A Ellis, Patricia M Desmond, Colin L Masters, Christopher C Rowe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2013.00205/full