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VITA study: white matter hyperintensities of vascular and degenerative origin in the elderly

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Neuropsychiatric Disorders An Integrative Approach

Part of the book series: Journal of Neural Transmission. Supplementa ((NEURALTRANS,volume 72))

Abstract

The etiology of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) seen on T2-weighted cranial magnetic resonance images is a matter of debate. We investigated deep and periventricular WMH in the brains of a community-based cohort of 532 subjects aged 75–76 years. The objective of this study was to determine whether WMH at age of 75 years were associated rather with vascular factors than with degenerative factors.

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  1. Psychiatrische Klinik AKH, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Ao. Univ. Prof. P. Fischer M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotheraphy, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Ao. Univ. Prof. P. Fischer M.D., Ph.D.

  3. Ludwig Boltzmann Society, L. Boltzmann Institute of Aging Research, Vienna, Austria

    Ao. Univ. Prof. P. Fischer M.D., Ph.D., N. Mostafaie, S. Jungwirth & K. H. Tragl

  4. Ludwig Boltzmann Society, L. Boltzmann Institute of Digital Radiology and Interventional Radiology, Vienna, Austria

    W. Krampla & W. Hruby

  5. Danube Hospital, Vienna, Austria

    W. Krampla, M. Rainer, K. Huber, K. Bauer & W. Hruby

  6. Institute for Medical Statistics, Medical University, Vienna, Austria

    S. Zehetmayer

  7. Ludwig Boltzmann Society, L. Boltzmann Institute of Molecular Genetic Laboratory Diagnostics, Vienna, Austria

    K. Huber & K. Bauer

  8. Institute of Clinical Neurochemistry and National Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence Laboratory, Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    P. Riederer

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Fischer, P. et al. (2007). VITA study: white matter hyperintensities of vascular and degenerative origin in the elderly. In: Gerlach, M., Deckert, J., Double, K., Koutsilieri, E. (eds) Neuropsychiatric Disorders An Integrative Approach. Journal of Neural Transmission. Supplementa, vol 72. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-73574-9_23

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