Comparison of pathological diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Nagy, Zsuzsanna ^a,b   Esiri, M M ^a   Joachim, C ^a   Jobst, K A ^a   Morris, J H ^a   King, E M F ^a   Hindley, N J ^a   McDonald, B ^a   Litchfield, S ^a   Barnetson, L ^a   Smith, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agreement; CERAD; Khachaturian; Tierney

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0345059338     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199809000-00010     Document Type: Article

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