Vascular fibrosis and calcification in the hippocampus in aging, Alzheimer disease, and Down syndrome
β Scribed by J. Wegiel; I. Kuchna; T. Wisniewski; M. de Leon; B. Reisberg; T. Pirttila; T. Kivimaki; T. Lehtimaki
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 576 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6322
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