Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 1218-1225 , August 2008

Psychosis of Alzheimer's disease: Gender differences in regional perfusion

  • E.K. Moran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., Tilton 201, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • ,
  • J.A. Becker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., Tilton 201, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • ,
  • A. Satlin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
    • Novartis Pharmaceutical, East Hanover, NJ, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • In Kyoon Lyoo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
    • ,
  • A.J. Fischman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., Tilton 201, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • K.A. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., Tilton 201, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., Tilton 201, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Tel.: +1 617 724 7066; fax: +1 617 726 6165.

Received 20 October 2006 ,Revised 7 February 2007 ,Accepted 15 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.02.024

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 1218-1225 , August 2008

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