Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the hippocampus and temporal white matter in alzheimer's disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-200

  Hanyu, Haruo ^a   Sakurai, Hirofumi ^a   Iwamoto, Toshihiko ^a   Takasaki, Masaru ^a   Shindo, Hiroaki ^a   Abe, Kimihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Anisotropy; Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Diffusion weighted imaging; Hippocampus; Temporal stem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032053892     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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