Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 49-56 , January 2003

A reliable MR measurement of medial temporal lobe width from the Sunnybrook Dementia Study

  • F.Q Gao

      Affiliations

    • Aging and Imaging Research, Cognitive Neurology Unit, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Science Center, University of Toronto, A421-2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4N 3M5
    • Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4N 3M5
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  • S.E Black

      Affiliations

    • Aging and Imaging Research, Cognitive Neurology Unit, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Science Center, University of Toronto, A421-2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4N 3M5
    • Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4N 3M5
    • Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4N 3M5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-416-480-4551; fax: +1-416-480-4552.
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  • F.S Leibovitch

      Affiliations

    • Aging and Imaging Research, Cognitive Neurology Unit, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Science Center, University of Toronto, A421-2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4N 3M5
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  • D.J Callen

      Affiliations

    • Aging and Imaging Research, Cognitive Neurology Unit, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Science Center, University of Toronto, A421-2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4N 3M5
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  • N.J Lobaugh

      Affiliations

    • Aging and Imaging Research, Cognitive Neurology Unit, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Science Center, University of Toronto, A421-2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4N 3M5
    • Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4N 3M5
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  • J.P Szalai

      Affiliations

    • Research Design and Biostatistics, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4N 3M5

Received 18 October 2001 ,Revised 11 January 2002 ,Accepted 5 February 2002.

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