Not all cortical cerebral microbleeds are due to cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Richard Gerraty^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosciences, Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Editorial

Richard Gerraty. BMJ Neurol Open. 2021.

. 2021 Jul 21;3(2):e000194.

doi: 10.1136/bmjno-2021-000194. eCollection 2021.

Richard Gerraty^{1

2}

¹ Department of Neurosciences, Epworth HealthCare, Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: MRI; amyloid; cerebrovascular disease.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Cerebral microbleed distribution following cardiac surgery can mimic cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
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