How golden is the gold standard of neuropathology in dementia?

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 486-489

  Scheltens, Philip ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnosis' criteria; Gold standard; Pathology; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 79960825638     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.04.011     Document Type: Note

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