Temporal lobe magnetic resonance imaging can differentiate Alzheimer's disease from normal ageing, depression, vascular dementia and other causes of cognitive impairment

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1267-1275

  O'Brien, J T ^a   Desmond, P ^b   Ames, D ^b   Schweitzer, I ^b   Chiu, E ^b   Tress, B ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030832920     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005606     Document Type: Article

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