Early diagnosis of dementia: Neuroimaging

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-20

  Scheltens, Philip ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Atrophy; Dementia; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroimaging; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033040032     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050300     Document Type: Article

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