Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome: An in vivo MRI study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 675-684

  Beacher, F ^a   Daly, E ^a   Simmons, A ^a   Prasher, V ^b   Morris, R ^a   Robinson, C ^b   Lovestone, S ^a   Murphy, K ^a,c   Murphy, D G M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Monyhull Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of General Practice   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caudate; Dementia; Diagnosis; Down's syndrome; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUTAMEN; RELIABILITY; STRIATE CORTEX; VOLUMETRY; ATROPHY; BRAIN; COMORBIDITY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMORBIDITY; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PUTAMEN;

EID: 65549102194     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708004054     Document Type: Article

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