Education modifies the relation of AD pathology to level of cognitive function in older persons

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1909-1915

  Bennett, David A ^a,b   Wilson, R S ^a,b   Schneider, J A ^a,b   Evans, D A ^a,b   Mendes de Leon, C F ^a,b   Arnold, S E ^c   Barnes, L L ^a,b   Bienias, J L ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0038715432     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000069923.64550.9F     Document Type: Article

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