Microvascular burden and Alzheimer-type lesions across the age spectrum

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 643-652

  Costanza, Alessandra ^a   Xekardaki, Aikaterini ^a   Kövari, Enikö ^a   Gold, Gabriel ^a   Bouras, Constantin ^a   Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Lausanne Medical Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; lacunes; multi infarct dementia; oldest old; subcortical vascular burden

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

EID: 84872231093     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-120835     Document Type: Review

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