Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 238, Issue 1 , Pages 71-74 , 15 November 2005

Morphometry of the amygdala in patients with questionable dementia and mild dementia

  • Anke Hensel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Memory Clinic, Johannisallee 34, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. Tel.: +49 341 9724520; fax: +49 341 9724579.
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  • Henrike Wolf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany
    • ,
  • Tillmann Dieterlen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany
    • ,
  • Steffi Riedel-Heller

      Affiliations

    • Research Department of Evaluation and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Arendt

      Affiliations

    • Paul-Flechsig Institute for Brain Research, University of Leipzig, Germany
    • ,
  • Hermann Josef Gertz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany

Received 18 February 2005 ,Revised 10 May 2005 ,Accepted 27 June 2005.

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PII: S0022-510X(05)00230-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.06.011

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 238, Issue 1 , Pages 71-74 , 15 November 2005

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