Assessment of the pathological stages of Alzheimer's disease in thin paraffin sections: A comparative study

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 140-144

  Nagy, Zs ^a,c   Yilmazer Hanke, D M ^b   Braak, H ^b   Braak, E ^b   Schultz, C ^b   Hanke, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain bank; Interrater; Intrarater; Pathological staging

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STAGING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MICROTOMY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING;

EID: 0031896446     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017038     Document Type: Article

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