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Presymptomatic hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer's disease. A longitudinal MRI study.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Dec 1996
Fox N C, Warrington E K, Freeborough P A, Hartikainen P, Kennedy A M, Stevens J M, Rossor M N
Abstract excerpt
The hippocampal formation (HF) is known from pathological and MRI studies to be severely atrophied in established Alzheimer's disease. However, it is unclear when the earliest changes in the HF occur. We performed a longitudinal study of asymptomatic individuals at risk of autosomal dominant familial Alzheimer's disease in order to assess presymptomatic changes in the HF. Seven at risk members of a familial...
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