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Rate of medial temporal lobe atrophy in typical aging and Alzheimer's disease.
Neurology - 1 Oct 1998
Jack C R, Petersen R C, Xu Y, O'Brien P C, Smith G E, Ivnik R J, Tangalos E G, Kokmen E
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the annual rates of volumetric change of the hippocampus and temporal horn in cognitively normal elderly control subjects and individually matched patients with AD, and to test the hypothesis that these rates were different. BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies consistently reveal cerebral atrophy in elderly nondemented subjects compared with healthy young adults, and greater atrophy in...
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