Linear measures of temporal lobe atrophy on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) but not visual rating of white matter changes can help discrimination of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-151

  Saka, Esen ^a   Dogan, Ebru Apaydin ^b   Topcuoglu, Mehmet Akif ^a   Senol, Utku ^b   Balkan, Sevin ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Brain MRI; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR); Lacune; Mild cognitive impairment (MCI); Temporal lobe atrophy; White matter lesion (WML)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AREA UNDER CURVE; ATROPHY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33845227369     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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