Use of structural imaging to study the progression of Alzheimer's disease

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 575-586

  Smith, A David ^a,b   Jobst, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0029758192     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011568     Document Type: Review

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