Subcortical infarcts, Alzheimer's disease pathology, and memory function in older persons

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-66

  Schneider, Julie A ^a,b   Boyle, Patricia A ^a,b   Arvanitakis, Zoe ^a,b   Bienias, Julia L ^a,b   Bennett, David A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SUBCORTICAL INFARCTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547821883     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21142     Document Type: Article

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