Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease and clinical features of patients with non-Alzheimer disease neuropathology

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 180-188

  Rasmusson, D X ^a,b   Brandt, J ^a   Steele, C ^a   Hedreen, J C ^a   Troncoso, J C ^a   Folstein, M F ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Dementia; Diagnosis; Hippocampal sclerosis; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029824174     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199601040-00002     Document Type: Article

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