Reappraisal of a consecutive autopsy series of patients with primary degenerative dementia: Lewy-related pathology

APMIS

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 820-827

  Oinas, M ^a,b,f   Sulkava, R ^c,d   Polvikoski, T ^e   Kalimo, H ^a   Paetau, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

synuclein; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Lewy body; Lewy neuritis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 34447095856     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2007.apm_521.x     Document Type: Article

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