Impact of combined medial temporal atrophy and white matter lesions on the cognitive and emotional functions in Alzheimer's disease patients

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 342-349

  Tokuchi, Ryou ^a,b   Deguchi, Kentaro ^a   Yamashita, Toru ^a   Abe, Koji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okayama Institute for Medical and Technical Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive function; Emotional function; Medial temporal atrophy; White matter lesion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84908099233     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.51.342     Document Type: Article

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