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MR Imaging of the Hippocampus in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Correlations with Cortical Alzheimer's Disease Confirmed by Pathologic Analysis
Sakari Savolainen, Mikko P. Laakso, Leo Paljärvi, Irina Alafuzoff, Heleena Hurskainen, Kaarina Partanen, Hilkka Soininen and Matti Vapalahti
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2000, 21 (2) 409-414;
Sakari Savolainen
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (S.S., H.H., M.V.), Neurology (M.P.L., I.A., H.S.), Clinical Radiology (M.P.L., K.P.), and Pathology (L.P., I.A.), Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Mikko P. Laakso
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (S.S., H.H., M.V.), Neurology (M.P.L., I.A., H.S.), Clinical Radiology (M.P.L., K.P.), and Pathology (L.P., I.A.), Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Leo Paljärvi
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (S.S., H.H., M.V.), Neurology (M.P.L., I.A., H.S.), Clinical Radiology (M.P.L., K.P.), and Pathology (L.P., I.A.), Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Irina Alafuzoff
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (S.S., H.H., M.V.), Neurology (M.P.L., I.A., H.S.), Clinical Radiology (M.P.L., K.P.), and Pathology (L.P., I.A.), Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Heleena Hurskainen
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (S.S., H.H., M.V.), Neurology (M.P.L., I.A., H.S.), Clinical Radiology (M.P.L., K.P.), and Pathology (L.P., I.A.), Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Kaarina Partanen
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (S.S., H.H., M.V.), Neurology (M.P.L., I.A., H.S.), Clinical Radiology (M.P.L., K.P.), and Pathology (L.P., I.A.), Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Hilkka Soininen
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (S.S., H.H., M.V.), Neurology (M.P.L., I.A., H.S.), Clinical Radiology (M.P.L., K.P.), and Pathology (L.P., I.A.), Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Matti Vapalahti
aFrom the Departments of Neurosurgery (S.S., H.H., M.V.), Neurology (M.P.L., I.A., H.S.), Clinical Radiology (M.P.L., K.P.), and Pathology (L.P., I.A.), Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.

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MR Imaging of the Hippocampus in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Correlations with Cortical Alzheimer's Disease Confirmed by Pathologic Analysis
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MR Imaging of the Hippocampus in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Correlations with Cortical Alzheimer's Disease Confirmed by Pathologic Analysis
Sakari Savolainen, Mikko P. Laakso, Leo Paljärvi, Irina Alafuzoff, Heleena Hurskainen, Kaarina Partanen, Hilkka Soininen, Matti Vapalahti
American Journal of Neuroradiology Feb 2000, 21 (2) 409-414;
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