Cerebral microbleeds: risk factors
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Cerebral microbleeds: risk factors. Older age, Male gender. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Demographic
- Older age
- Male gender
Vascular
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
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Other risk factors
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Synonym
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Acronym
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References
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- Koennecke HC. Cerebral microbleeds on MRI: prevalence, associations, and potential clinical implications. Neurology 2006; 66:165-171.
- Sveinbjornsfottir S, Sigurdsson S, Aspelund T, et al. Cerebral microbleeds in the population based AGES-Reykjavik study: prevalence and location. JNNP 2008; 79:1002-1006.
- Poels MMF, Ikram MA, van der Lugt A, et al. Cerebral microbleeds are associated with worse cognitive function: the Rotterdam Scan Study. Neurology 2012; 78:326-333.
- Graff-Radford J, Botha H, Rabinstein AA, et al. Cerebral microbleeds: prevalence and relationship to amyloid burden. Neurology 2019; 92:e253-e262.
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