The relation of cerebral magnetic resonance signal hyperintensities to Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 121-125

  Fazekas, Franz ^a   Kapeller, Peter ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold ^a   Offenbacher, Hans ^a   Payer, Franz ^a   Fazekas, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; brain atrophy; magnetic resonance imaging; periventricular hyperintensity; white matter hyperintensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030271525     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00169-4     Document Type: Article

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