Clinical validity of Braak neuropathological staging in the oldest-old

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 579-582

  Gold, Gabriel ^a   Bouras, Constantin ^a   Kövari, Enikö ^a   Canuto, Alessandra ^a   Glaría, Belén González ^a   Malky, André ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^b   Michel, Jean Pierre ^a   Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Clinicopathological correlations; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Neurofibrillary tangles

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0034117484     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051163     Document Type: Article

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