Educational level influences regional cerebral blood flow in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1860-1863

  Chiu, Nan Tsing ^a   Lee, Bi Fang ^a   Hsiao, Sigmund ^b   Pai, Ming Chyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Educational status; Regional cerebral blood flow; Statistical parametric mapping

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 16544374579     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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