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Published on: September 19, 2019
[Non-specific neurological complaints and silent cerebral infarction]
H Hougaku1, M Matumoto, T Irino
1First Department of Medicine, Osaka University Medical School.
Abstract:
To clarify the relationship between non-specific neurological complaints and silent cerebral infarction (SCI), we studied 82 patients (56 +/- 8 years old; mean +/- SD) who presented with at least one complaint (headache, dizziness, forgetfulness) and 76 normal volunteers with no complaints (55 +/- 7 years old). All subjects were evaluated with a questionnaire for complaints and with 0.5 T magnetic resonance imaging of the brain for the presence of SCI. Several risk factors for stroke were also studied. SCI was significantly more common in the patients (18%) than in the normal subjects (7%, p < 0.05). SCI was more common in subjects with dizziness (40%) and in those with headache (18%) than in those with no complaints (p < 0.01, p < 0.05, respectively). Dizziness and forgetfulness were closely associated with SCI (p < 0.05). Two risk factors for stroke, age and hypertension, correlated with SCI. These results clearly show that non-specific neurological complaints are closely related to SCI.
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