Neuropathological criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: Are we really ready yet?

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Ball, M J ^a   Murdoch, G H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's dementia; Hippocampal neuropathology; Morphometry; Multivariate analysis; Normative brain aging; Staging and grading

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030668020     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(97)00074-2     Document Type: Article

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