Hippocampal sulcus width and cavities: Comparison between patients with Alzheimer disease and nondemented elderly subjects

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2141-2145

  De Bastos Leite, Antonio José ^a,b   Van Waesberghe, J H ^a   Oen, A L ^c   Van Der Flier, W M ^d   Scheltens, P ^d   Barkhof, F ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^c LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE ATROPHY; NEUROIMAGING; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33751208310     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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