Quantitative neuropathological assessment to investigate cerebral multi-morbidity

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Attems, Johannes ^a   Neltner, Janna H ^b   Nelson, Peter T ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIGITAL SLIDE SCANNER; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEWY BODY; MICROSCOPE; MORBIDITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

EID: 84928029036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17589193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13195-014-0085-y     Document Type: Review

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