Cytoarchitectonic alterations in the supramarginal gyrus of late onset Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 395-406

  Grignon, Y ^a   Duyckaerts, C ^a   Bennecib, M ^a   Hauw, J J ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Morphometry; Neurofibrillary tangle; Neuronal loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PARIETAL LOBE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031913355     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050816     Document Type: Article

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