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. 2011 May;68(5):656-9.
doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.93.

Lobar distribution of cerebral microbleeds: the Rotterdam Scan Study

Dymph J Mesker  1 , Mariëlle M F Poels, M Arfan Ikram, Meike W Vernooij, Albert Hofman, Henri A Vrooman, Aad van der Lugt, Monique M B Breteler
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Lobar distribution of cerebral microbleeds: the Rotterdam Scan Study

Dymph J Mesker et al. Arch Neurol. 2011 May.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the distribution of lobar microbleeds over the different lobes, taking into account lobar volume and clustering effects of multiple microbleeds.

Design: Population-based, cross-sectional analysis.

Setting: The Rotterdam Scan Study.

Participants: A total of 198 persons (age range, 61-95 years) with lobar microbleeds.

Main outcome measures: Distribution of microbleeds over different lobes.

Results: We found that lobar cerebral microbleeds occurred significantly more often in the temporal lobe, a region known to be more affected in cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

Conclusion: This study corroborates the presumed association of lobar microbleeds with cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

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