Can neuroimaging techniques identify individuals at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease?

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-403

  Bottino, Câssio M C ^a   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031432922     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610297004535     Document Type: Review

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