Spatial Pattern Analysis of β-Amyloid (Aβ) Deposits in Alzheimer Disease by Linear Regression

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-45

  Armstrong, R A ^a   Wood, L ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Linear regression; Pattern analysis; Spatial pattern; amyloid deposits

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DENTATE GYRUS; GENICULATE BODY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029658007     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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