Structural correlates of early and late onset Alzheimer's disease: Voxel based morphometric study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 112-114

  Frisoni, G B ^a   Testa, C ^a,b   Sabattoli, F ^a   Beltramello, A ^c   Soininen, H ^d   Laakso, M P ^d  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 10944229951     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.029876     Document Type: Article

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