Absence of cholinergic deficits in "pure" vascular dementia

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 132-133

  Perry, E ^a,c   Ziabreva, I ^a   Perry, R ^a   Aarsland, D ^b   Ballard, C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Central Hospital   (Norway)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 11444268288     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000148591.63727.80     Document Type: Article

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