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A Journal of Progress in Neurosurgery, Neurology and Neurosciences
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Original Research Papers

TGF-beta1 is associated with the progression of intracranial deep white matter lesions: a pilot study with 5 years of magnetic resonance imaging follow-up

Nagato KuriyamaDepartment of Epidemiology for Community Health and MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan;Department of NeurologyKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Toshiki MizunoDepartment of NeurologyKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Masakazu KitaDepartment of MicrobiologyKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Kei YamadaDepartment of RadiologyKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Etsuko OzakiDepartment of Epidemiology for Community Health and MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Sanae MatsumotoKyoto Industrial Health AssociationMultiphasic Health Testing & Service Center, Japan
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Akihiro TakadaKyoto Industrial Health AssociationMultiphasic Health Testing & Service Center, Japan
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Akiko WatanabeDepartment of NeurologyKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Takashi KasaiDepartment of NeurologyKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Yoshinari NagakaneDepartment of NeurologyKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Satoko MitaniDepartment of Epidemiology for Community Health and MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Daisuke MatsuiDepartment of Epidemiology for Community Health and MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Isao WatanabeDepartment of Epidemiology for Community Health and MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Kazuo TakedaKyoto Industrial Health AssociationMultiphasic Health Testing & Service Center, Japan
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Masanori NakagawaDepartment of NeurologyKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Yoshiyuki WatanabeDepartment of Epidemiology for Community Health and MedicineKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Pages 47-52 | Published online: 06 Dec 2013

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