A new rating scale for age-related white matter changes applicable to MRI and CT.

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Published in Stroke on June 01, 2001

Authors

L O Wahlund1, F Barkhof, F Fazekas, L Bronge, M Augustin, M Sjögren, A Wallin, H Ader, D Leys, L Pantoni, F Pasquier, T Erkinjuntti, P Scheltens, European Task Force on Age-Related White Matter Changes

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, NEUROTEC, Karolinska Institutet at Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden. lars-olof.wahlund@neurotec.ki.se

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