Neuropathologic diagnostic outcomes from a cohort of outpatients with suspected dementia

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages

  Larson, Eric B ^a,c   Edwards, Jeffrey K ^b   O'Meara, Ellen ^a   Nochlin, David ^a   Sumi, S Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Box 356330 ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029804602     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/51A.6.M313     Document Type: Article

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