Diagnostic value of high signal abnormalities on T2 weighted MRI in the differentiation of Alzheimer's, frontotemporal and vascular dementias

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 355-364

  Varma, A R ^a   Laitt, R ^a   Lloyd, J J ^a   Carson, K J ^b   Snowden, J S ^a   Neary, D ^a   Jackson, A ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATING SCALE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASAL GANGLIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0036110540     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2002.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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