Quantitative analysis of T2 signal intensities in Alzheimer's Disease

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-185

  Parsey, Ramin Vaziri ^a   Krishnan, K Rama Ranga ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypointensity; Iron; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUTAMEN;

EID: 0031853521     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(98)00018-3     Document Type: Article

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