Magnetic resonance imaging and histopathology in dementia, clinically of frontotemporal type

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 123-134

  Larsson, Elna Marie ^a   Passant, Ulla ^a   Sundgren, Pia C ^a   Englund, Elisabet ^a   Brun, Arne ^a   Lindgren, Arne ^a   Gustafson, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain; Frontotemporal dementia; Histopathology; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033999303     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017225     Document Type: Article

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