Is there a spatial association between senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease?

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 133-138

  Armstrong, Richard A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Contingency tables; Neurofibrillary tangles; Senile plaques

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PREDICTION; SENILE PLAQUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 27844513370     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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