Increasing the diagnostic accuracy of medial temporal lobe atrophy in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 477-490

  Jacobs, Heidi I L ^a,b   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a,b   Van Der Elst, Wim ^a,b   Burgmans, Saartje ^a,b   Smeets, Floortje ^a,b   Gronenschild, Ed H B M ^a,b   Verhey, Frans R J ^a,b   Uylings, Harry B M ^a,b,c   Jolles, Jelle ^a,b,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dept of Psychiat and Neuropsychol   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; magnetic resonance imaging; medial temporal lobe; parietal lobe; sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INFERIOR PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79960829379     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-102043     Document Type: Article

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