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Lower susceptibility to cerebral small vessel disease in human familial longevity: the Leiden Longevity Study.
Stroke - 1 Jan 2013
Altmann-Schneider Irmhild, van der Grond Jeroen, Slagboom P Eline, Westendorp Rudi G J, Maier Andrea B, van Buchem Mark A, de Craen Anton J M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: On MRI, cerebral white matter lesions, lacunar infarcts, and cerebral microbleeds are common imaging correlates of cerebral small vessel damage in apparently healthy elderly individuals. We investigated whether middle-aged to elderly offspring of nonagenarian siblings, who are predisposed to become long-lived as well, have a lower prevalence of white matter lesions, lacunar infarcts, and...
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