The progression of Alzheimer's disease from limbic regions to the neocortex: Clinical, radiological and pathological relationships

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Nagy, Zsuzsanna ^b   Hindley, N J ^c   Braak, H ^a   Braak, E ^a   Yilmazer Hanke, D M ^a   Schultz, C ^a   Barnetson, L ^c   King, E M F ^c   Jobst, K A ^c   Smith, A D ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; CAMDEX; CT; Medial temporal robe; Pathological stages

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032982718     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017111     Document Type: Article

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