Does hippocampal atrophy on MRI predict cognitive decline? A prospective follow-up study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1182-1188

  Swann, Alan ^a,e   O'Brien, John ^a   Ames, David ^b   Schweitzer, Isaac ^c   Desmond, Patricia ^d   Tress, B ^d  

^a Brighton Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Melbourne Clinic   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Diagnosis; Hippocampal atrophy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Major depressive illness; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031434030     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199712)12:12<1182::AID-GPS714>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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