Silent Strokes in the White Matter (IMAGE)

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Silent Strokes in the White Matter

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White matter silent cerebral infarcts (silent strokes) appear in light green, superimposed on a structural MRI brain scan. Note that silent strokes appear almost exclusively in the brain's white matter (white in image).

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Dr. John Wood, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

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