Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: A review

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 248-254

  Opeskin, Kenneth ^a  

^a Victoria Institute of Forensic Medecine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Hemorrhage; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0029818249     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199609000-00013     Document Type: Article

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