Stereological analysis of cerebral atrophy in human immunodeficiency virus-associated dementia

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1032-1037

  Subbiah, Ponni ^a   Mouton, Peter ^a   Fedor, Helen ^a   Mcarthur, Justin C ^a   Glass, Jonathan D ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Dementia; Neuropathology; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029792878     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199655100-00003     Document Type: Article

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