Omental transposition to the brain as a surgical method for treating Alzheimer's disease

Neurological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 625-634

  Goldsmith, Harry S ^a,d   Wu, Weilie ^b   Zhong, Jun ^b   Edgar, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c New York Presbyterian Veterans Administration   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral hypoperfusion; Omentum transposition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMENTUM; OMENTUM TRANSPLANTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042387995     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164103101201922     Document Type: Review

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