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Non-specific white matter changes in the BRAIN, often seen after age 65. Changes include loss of AXONS; MYELIN pallor, GLIOSIS, loss of ependymal cells, and enlarged perivascular spaces. Leukoaraiosis is a risk factor for DEMENTIA and CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS.
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- Leukoaraioses
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2005
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- National Library of Medicine. Leukoaraiosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D049292. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D049292
- Leukoaraiosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukoaraiosis
- Leukoaraiosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2123166