Does the white matter matter in Alzheimer disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy?

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-7

  Lee, Jin Moo ^a   Markus, Hugh S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENILE PLAQUE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; WHITE MATTER; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; MYELINATED NERVE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; VASCULARIZATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33645830780     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000196863.43951.44     Document Type: Editorial

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