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Neuropathological heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease: a study of 80 cases using principal components analysis.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology - 1 Mar 2000
Armstrong R A, Nochlin D, Bird T D
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Three hypotheses have been proposed to explain neuropathological heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease (AD): the presence of distinct subtypes ('subtype hypothesis'), variation in the stage of the disease ('phase hypothesis') and variation in the origin and progression of the disease ('compensation hypothesis'). To test these hypotheses, variation in the distribution and severity of senile plaques (SP) and...
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