Does smoking protect from Alzheimer's disease? Alzheimer-type changes in 301 unselected brains from patients with known smoking history

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 450-454

  Ulrich, Jürg ^a,c   Johannson Locher, Gunna ^a   Seiler, Walter O ^b   Stähelin, Hannes B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Geriatrische Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Epidemiology; Neuropathology; Sex difference; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; PARAFFIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENILE PLAQUE; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENILE PLAQUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030773730     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050732     Document Type: Article

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