European Journal of Radiology
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 193-197 , March 2004

Appearance of leukoaraiosis may be attenuated with compression by a chronic subdural hematoma

  • Satoshi Itasaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Japan Red Cross Society, Wakayama Medical Center, 4-20 Komatsubara-dori, Wakayama 640-8558, Japan
    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • ,
  • Yukio Miki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Japan Red Cross Society, Wakayama Medical Center, 4-20 Komatsubara-dori, Wakayama 640-8558, Japan
    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-75-751-3790; fax: +81-75-751-4353.
    • ,
  • Hidekazu Tomimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • ,
  • Ichiro Kamei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Japan Red Cross Society, Wakayama Medical Center, 4-20 Komatsubara-dori, Wakayama 640-8558, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazushige Tsutsui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Japan Red Cross Society, Wakayama Medical Center, 4-20 Komatsubara-dori, Wakayama 640-8558, Japan

Received 25 July 2002 ,Revised 19 March 2003 ,Accepted 21 March 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0720-048X(03)00098-6

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 193-197 , March 2004

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