Elderly and forgetful with transient neurological spells: A story of two amyloids?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 1-2

  Charidimou, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Cerebral microbleeds; Cerebral small vessel disease; Dementia; TIA

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MIGRAINE AURA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS;

EID: 84926419346     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.02.034     Document Type: Editorial

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