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Interactive Effects of Age and Hypertension on Volumes of Brain Structures

DOI

194

Citations

50

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1997

Year

Terri L. Strassburger, Hing-Chung Lee, Eileen Daly, Joanna Szczepanik, Jack Krasuski, Marc J. Mentis, Judith A. Salerno, Charles DeCarli, Mark B. Schapiro, Gene E. Alexander
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Abstract

Hypertension exacerbates the morphological changes accompanying advanced age. Temporal and occipital regions appear most vulnerable to brain atrophy due to the interactive effects of age and hypertension.

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