Alzheimer neuropathology in nondemented aging: Keeping mind over matter

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1801-1802

  Lippa, Carol F ^a   Morris, John C ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745920764     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000234879.82633.f3     Document Type: Editorial

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