Midline cerebral morphometry distinguishes frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 978-985

  Kaufer, D I ^a,b,d   Miller, B L ^b,c   Itti, L ^c   Fairbanks, L A ^b   Li, J ^c   Fishman, J ^b   Kushi, J ^c   Cummings, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031002829     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.48.4.978     Document Type: Article

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