Volumetric analysis of the pons, cerebellum and hippocampi in patients with alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 224-234

  Mrzilková, Jana ^a   Zach, Petr ^a   Bartoš, Aleš ^a,c   Tintěra, Jiří ^b   Řípová, Daniela ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Asymmetry; Cerebellum; Hippocampus; Pons; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PONS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84868235217     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343445     Document Type: Article

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