The relationship between clinical dementia and neuropathological staging (Braak) in a very elderly community sample

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 132-136

  Gertz, H J ^a   Xuereb, J H ^b   Huppert, F A ^b   Brayne, C ^b   Kruger H ^a   McGee, M A ^b   Paykel, E S ^b   Harrington, C R ^b   Mukaetova Ladinska, E B ^b   O'Connor, D W ^c   Wischik, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; CAMDEX; Neurofibrillary tangles; Neuropathological staging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

EID: 0029935537     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02189114     Document Type: Article

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