Neuronal loss correlates with but exceeds neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Gómez Isla, Teresa ^a   Hollister, Richard ^a   West, Howard ^a   Mui, Stina ^a   Growdon, John H ^a   Petersen, Ronald C ^b   Parisi, Joseph E ^b   Hyman, Bradley T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

EID: 0344653664     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410410106     Document Type: Article

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