Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 1448-1455 , October 2008

Characterization of Japanese-American men with a single neocortical AD lesion type

  • Helen Petrovitch

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Health Research Institute, 846 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    • Honolulu Department of Veteran's Affairs, Spark M. Matsunaga Medical & Regional Office Center, 459 Patterson Road, Honolulu, HI 96819, USA
    • Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Kuakini Medical Center, 347 North Kuakini Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 846 South Hotel Street, Suite 307, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. Tel.: +1 808 564 5420; fax: +1 808 524 4315.
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  • G. Webster Ross

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Health Research Institute, 846 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    • Honolulu Department of Veteran's Affairs, Spark M. Matsunaga Medical & Regional Office Center, 459 Patterson Road, Honolulu, HI 96819, USA
    • Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Kuakini Medical Center, 347 North Kuakini Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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  • Qimei He

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Health Research Institute, 846 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    • Honolulu Department of Veteran's Affairs, Spark M. Matsunaga Medical & Regional Office Center, 459 Patterson Road, Honolulu, HI 96819, USA
    • Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Kuakini Medical Center, 347 North Kuakini Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA
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  • Jane Uyehara-Lock

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Health Research Institute, 846 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    • Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Kuakini Medical Center, 347 North Kuakini Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA
    • Department of Pathology, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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  • William Markesbery

      Affiliations

    • Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    • Department of Pathology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    • Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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  • Daron Davis

      Affiliations

    • Pathology and Cytology Laboratories, 290 Big Run Road, Lexington, KY 40503, USA
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  • James Nelson

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Health Research Institute, 846 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    • Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Kuakini Medical Center, 347 North Kuakini Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA
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  • Kamal Masaki

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Health Research Institute, 846 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    • Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Kuakini Medical Center, 347 North Kuakini Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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  • Lenore Launer

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biostatistics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room 5C27, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2292, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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  • Lon R. White

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Health Research Institute, 846 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    • Honolulu Department of Veteran's Affairs, Spark M. Matsunaga Medical & Regional Office Center, 459 Patterson Road, Honolulu, HI 96819, USA
    • Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Kuakini Medical Center, 347 North Kuakini Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA
    • Department of Geriatrics, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

Received 20 April 2006 ,Revised 22 March 2007 ,Accepted 30 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.03.026

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 1448-1455 , October 2008

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