Longitudinal changes in lateral ventricular volume in datients with dementia of the alzheimer type

Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 2029-2036

  Decarli, Charles ^a   Haxby, J V ^a   Gillette, J A ^a   Teichberg, D ^a   Rapoport, S I ^a   Schapiro, M B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0026785906     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.10.2029     Document Type: Article

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