Incidence of cerebrovascular lesions in Alzheimer's disease: A postmortem study

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-17

  Jellinger, Kurt A ^a   Attems, Johannes ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL NEUROBIOLOGY   (Austria)

^b OTTO WAGNER HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain weight; Cerebral infarcts; Cerebrovascular lesions; Cognitive impairment; Lacunar state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL GROUP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037208951     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-002-0634-5     Document Type: Article

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