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Radiological Differential Diagnosis of Cerebral Infarction

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The term ‘Leukoaraiosis’ means rarefaction of the white matter. It is a radiological definition and not a histological definition. Leukoaraiosis results from chronic ischaemia due to diseases of small perforating arteries supplying the white matter.

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  1. Service de neurologie, Hôpital du Kremlin-Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

    Guillaume Saliou

  2. Service de neurologie, Hôpital Saint Joseph, 185 rue Raymond Losserand, Paris, 75014, France

    Claire Join-Lambert Vincent

  3. Service de neuroradiologie, Centre hospitalier Sainte-Anne, rue Cabanis 14, Paris, 75014, France

    Raphaëlle Souillard-Scemama

  4. Service de neurologie, Hôpital du Kremlin-Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

    Marie Théaudin

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Saliou, G., Théaudin, M., Join-Lambert Vincent, C., Souillard-Scemama, R. (2014). Radiological Differential Diagnosis of Cerebral Infarction. In: Practical Guide to Neurovascular Emergencies. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0481-1_12

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