Imaging endpoints for clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Cash, David M ^a,b   Rohrer, Jonathan D ^a   Ryan, Natalie S ^a   Ourselin, Sebastien ^a,b   Fox, Nick C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84927933447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17589193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13195-014-0087-9     Document Type: Review

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