Brain infarction and the clinical expression of Alzheimer disease: The Nun Study

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 277, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 813-817

  Snowdon, David A ^a,b   Greiner, Lydia H ^d   Mortimer, James A ^c   Riley, Kathryn P ^a,b   Greiner, Philip A ^a   Markesbery, William R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0031054674     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.10.813     Document Type: Article

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