The NINCDS-ADRDA work group criteria for the clinical diagnosis of probable alzheimer's disease: A clinicopathologic study of 57 cases

Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 359-364

  Tierney, Mary C ^a   Fisher, Rory H ^a   Lewis, Anthony J ^a   Zorzitto, Maria L ^a   Gary Snow, W ^a   Reid, David W ^a   Nieuwstraten, Paula ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023833603     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.38.3.359     Document Type: Article

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