A quantitative MR study of the hippocampal formation, the amygdala, and the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle in healthy subjects 40 to 90 years of age

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-211

  Mu, Qiwen ^a   Xie, Jingxia ^b   Wen, Zongyao ^b   Weng, Yaqin ^b   Shuyun, Zhang ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033360850     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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