β-amyloid deposition and other measures of neuropathology predict cognitive status in Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 921-933

  Cummings, B J ^a   Pike, C J ^a   Shankle, R ^a   Cotman, C W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; Alzheimer's disease; clinicopathological correlative study; cognitive testing; dementia; image analysis; neurofibrillary tangles; neuropathology; senile plaque; tau; amyloid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0030464914     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(96)00170-4     Document Type: Note

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