Incorrect diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: A clinicopathologic study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-42

  Klatka, Lisa A ^a   Schiffer, Randolph B ^a,b   Powers, James M ^a   Kazee, Ann Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0030043454     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550010045015     Document Type: Article

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