Assessment of factors that confound MRI and neuropathological correlation of human postmortem brain tissue

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-203

  Grinberg, Lea T ^a,b   Amaro, Edson ^a   Teipel, Stefan ^c   dos Santos, Denis Dionizio ^a   Pasqualucci, Carlos Augusto ^a   Leite, Renata E P ^a   Camargo, Celia Regina ^a,b   Gonçalves, Jaqueline Alba ^a,b   Sanches, Ariadne Gonçalves ^d   Santana, Miriam ^a   Ferretti, Renata E L ^a   Jacob Filho, Wilson ^a   Nitrini, Ricardo ^a   Heinsen, Helmut ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Banking; Brain; Confounder; MRI; Neuropathology; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; MANNITOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 48449091353     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-008-9080-5     Document Type: Article

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