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Deep frontal and periventricular age related white matter changes but not basal ganglia and infratentorial hyperintensities are associated with falls: cross sectional results from the LADIS study

Christian Blahak, Hansjörg Bäezner, Leonardo Pantoni, Anna Poggesi, Hugues Chabriat, Timo Erkinjuntti, Franz Fazekas, José M. Ferro, Peter Langhorne, John T. O’Brien,

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 2009 · 144 citations · 38 references

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The association of frontal and periventricular ARWMC with falls supports the hypothesis that interruption of frontal subcortical motor circuits lead to balance disturbances and hence to an increased risk for falls in ARWMC.

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