Pure hippocampal sclerosis: A rare cause of dementia mimicking Alzheimer's disease

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 843-848

  Ala, Thomas A ^a,b   Beh, Goffa O ^a   Frey II, William H ^a  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AD; Dementia; Hippocampus; Memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLIOSIS; HEART DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0034700954     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.4.843     Document Type: Article

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