Size frequency distribution of the β-amyloid (aβ) deposits in dementia with Lewy bodies with associated Alzheimer's disease pathology

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 471-477

  Armstrong, Richard A ^a   Cairns, Nigel J ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid (A ) deposits; Alzheimer's disease (AD); Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB); Log normal model; Power law model; Size frequency distributions

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 70449523005     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0135-6     Document Type: Article

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