Different patterns of fornix damage in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and Alzheimer disease

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-279

  Hattori, T ^a,b,c,d   Sato, R ^b,e   Aoki, S ^b   Yuasa, T ^c   Mizusawa, H ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kamagaya General Hospital   (Japan)

^d Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN FORNIX INJURY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACTOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FORNIX, BRAIN; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE;

EID: 84857346014     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2780     Document Type: Article

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