Alzheimer Disease
Research from R.T. Staff et al broadens understanding of Alzheimer disease
Published in Mental Health Weekly Digest, May 3rd, 2010
Current study results from the report, 'Brain volume and survival from age 78 to 85: the contribution of Alzheimer-type magnetic resonance imaging findings,' have been published. Researchers in Aberdeen, the United Kingdom conducted a study "To test the prediction of survival using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-derived global and regional brain volumes in subjects aged 78 to 79 without dementia. Observational follow-up study."
"University teaching hospital. Participants born in 1921, recruited in 1997/98 to a longitudinal study, who underwent brain MRI in 1999/2000. Vital status on May 12, 2006, global and regional brain volumes. Thirty-seven of 98 (34.9%)...
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