Pulse wave encephalopathy: A spectrum hypothesis incorporating Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and normal pressure hydrocephalus

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 182-187

  Bateman, Grant A ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW;

EID: 1342289634     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00330-X     Document Type: Article

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