The case described by Alois Alzheimer in 1911. Historical and conceptual perspectives based on the clinical record and neurohistological sections

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 111-122

  Moller H J ^a   Graeber, M B ^a  

^a Psychiatric Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Plaque only' Alzheimer's disease; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0031855023     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060050027     Document Type: Article

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