Diagnosis and staging of Alzheimer disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Duyckaerts, C ^a   Hauw, J J ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; A peptide; Diagnostic criteria; Morphometry; Neurofibrillary tangles; Senile plaques; Standardization; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEWY BODY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE; STAGING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030680922     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(97)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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