Ventricular dilatation and brain atrophy of normal elderly individuals and patients with Alzheimer-type dementia: A retrospective longitudinal computed tomographic study of autopsy cases

Neuropathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-269

  Yamada, Shigeo ^a   Asano, Tetsuichi ^b   Enomoto, Mutsuo ^b   Sakata, Masuhiro ^c   Tanno, Munehiko ^d   Yamada, Hideo ^d   Esaki, Yukiyoshi ^d   Mizutani, Toshio ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer type dementia; Brain atrophy; Pathology; Ventricular dilatation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0031714085     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1998.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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