The essential lesion of Alzheimer disease: A surprise in retrospect

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 29-33

  Ball, Melvyn J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Herpes simplex virus; Hippocampus; Morphometry; Neurofibrillary tangles

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

EID: 33747384279     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jad-2006-9s304     Document Type: Review

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