Is hypertension a predictor of hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer's disease?

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 795-796

  Dhikav, Vikas ^a   Verma, Myank ^b   Anand, Kuljeet ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b PT B D SHARMA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MALE; PREDICTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69549105827     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209009168     Document Type: Letter

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