Medial temporal lobe atrophy and memory dysfunction as predictors for dementia in subjects with mild cognitive impairment

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 246, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 477-485

  Visser, Pieter Jelle ^a   Scheltens, Philip ^b   Verhey, Frans R J ^a   Schmand, Ben ^b   Launer, Leonore J ^c   Jolles, Jellemer ^a   Jonker, Cees ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimers disease; Cognitive impairment no dementia; Follow up studies; Hippocampus; Memory disorders

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032796944     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050387     Document Type: Article

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