INTRODUCTION: Leukoaraiosis, the presence of “incidental” white matter lesions in the aging brain, is increasingly recognized as a predictor for dementia, ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage and ...

Background: The prevalence of leukoaraiosis or white matter hyperintensities (WMH) is getting higher with the easy accessibility of brain imaging. Their clinical significance has not been known yet.

Department of Neurology, The First People’s Hospital of Jiangxia District, Wuhan, Hubei, China Background: White matter disease arises from the loss of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells and is ...