The tangled story of plaques and arteries

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1257-1258

  Curb, J David ^a  

^a PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTIMA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROVASCULATURE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; NOTE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS;

EID: 24344482494     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53365.x     Document Type: Editorial

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