Cerebral blood flow in white matter is correlated with systolic blood pressure and EEG in senile dementia of the Alzheimer type

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-38

  Siennicki Lantz, Arkadiusz ^a,b   Lilja, Bo ^a   Rosén, Ingmar ^a   Elmståhl, Sölve ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Blood pressure; Dementia, senile; Elderly; Electroencephalography; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE DEMENTIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031972837     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017019     Document Type: Article

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