Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 194, Issue 1 , Pages 15-19 , 15 February 2002

Age transformation of combined hippocampus and amygdala volume improves diagnostic accuracy in Alzheimer's disease

  • Harald Hampel

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-89-5160-5860; fax: +49-89-5160-5856
    • Dementia Research and Neuroimaging Section, Memory Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr.7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • Stefan J Teipel

      Affiliations

    • Dementia Research and Neuroimaging Section, Memory Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr.7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • Wolfram Bayer

      Affiliations

    • Dementia Research and Neuroimaging Section, Memory Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr.7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • Gene E Alexander

      Affiliations

    • Arizona Alzheimer's Research Center and Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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  • Robert Schwarz

      Affiliations

    • Dementia Research and Neuroimaging Section, Memory Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr.7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • Mark B Schapiro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Neurology, Children Hospital Medical Center, Cincinatti, OH, USA
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  • Stanley I Rapoport

      Affiliations

    • Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • Hans-Jürgen Möller

      Affiliations

    • Dementia Research and Neuroimaging Section, Memory Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Nussbaumstr.7, 80336 Munich, Germany

Received 26 June 2001 ,Revised 20 September 2001 ,Accepted 5 November 2001.

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Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 194, Issue 1 , Pages 15-19 , 15 February 2002

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