A quantitative comparison of plaque types in Alzheimer's disease and senile dementia of the Lewy body type

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 526-529

  McKenzie, Jeanette E ^a   Edwards, Richard J ^b   Gentleman, Stephen M ^a   Ince, Paul G ^c   Perry, Robert H ^c   Claire Royston, M ^a   Roberts, Gareth W ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Newcastle General Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amyloid protein; Alzheimer's disease; Image analysis; Senile dementia of the Lewy body type

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEWY BODY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE DEMENTIA; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEWY BODIES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

EID: 0029938019     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050461     Document Type: Article

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