PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Brant-Zawadzki, M
AU  - Fein, G
AU  - Van Dyke, C
AU  - Kiernan, R
AU  - Davenport, L
AU  - de Groot, J
TI  - MR imaging of the aging brain: patchy white-matter lesions and dementia.
DP  - 1985 Sep 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 675--682
VI  - 6
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/6/5/675.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/6/5/675.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1985 Sep 01; 6
AB  - Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies of the brain in five elderly patients with non-Alzheimer dementia were compared with those in two groups of nondemented control subjects. Group 1 included five subjects aged 59-66; group 2 included nine subjects aged 74-81. In all of the demented patients and in three of the subjects in the older control group, MR showed diffuse, patchy white-matter lesions. A rating scale was used to grade the severity of the changes. The results suggest a higher incidence of white-matter lesions in elderly patients with non-Alzheimer dementia and in cognitively normal elderly with advancing age.