Quantitative validation of a visual rating scale for frontal atrophy: associations with clinical status, APOE e4, CSF biomarkers and cognition

European Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2597-2610

  Ferreira, Daniel ^a   Cavallin, Lena ^a,b   Granberg, Tobias ^a,b   Lindberg, Olof ^a   Aguilar, Carlos ^a   Mecocci, Patrizia ^c   Vellas, Bruno ^d   Tsolaki, Magda ^e   Kłoszewska, Iwona ^f   Soininen, Hilkka ^g   Lovestone, Simon ^h   Simmons, Andrew ^i,j   Wahlund, Lars Olof ^a   Westman, Eric ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e Department of Neurology   (Greece)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^h WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j King s College London   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Frontal atrophy; Frontotemporal dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GLOBAL CORTICAL ATROPHY SCALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA; RATING SCALE; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BIOMARKERS; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84946781743     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-4101-9     Document Type: Article

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