Age-related cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment or preclinical Alzheimer's disease?

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-14

  Celsis, Pierre ^a,b  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Age related cognitive decline; Alzheimer's disease; Biological markers; Brain imaging; Genetic markers; Hippocampal atrophy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mild cognitive impairment; Positron emission tomography; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; PEPTIDE; TAU PROTEIN;

AGING; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033953342     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890008995904     Document Type: Review

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