A descriptive study of neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in an autopsy population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1984, Pages 331-341

  Dewolfe Miller, F ^a   Hicks, Samuel P ^a   D'amato, Constance J ^a   Landis, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Autopsy; neurofibrils

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CAUCASOID RACE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEGROID RACE; NEUROFIBRILS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0021184829     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113897     Document Type: Article

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