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San Francisco VA Medical Center; Researchers distinguish between kinds of dementia using brain imaging

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San Francisco VA Medical Center; Researchers distinguish between kinds of dementia using brain imaging

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Atlanta: NewsRx

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Biotech Week, 2003, p.374

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English

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Atlanta: NewsRx

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Researchers found that patients with SIVD had less of the NAA chemical in the region of the brain involved in short-term memory and decision making, called the frontal cortex, when compared to both patients with AD and control subjects. The brains of those with SIVD also had less NAA in the area of the brain involved in language and spatial orienta...

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San Francisco VA Medical Center; Researchers distinguish between kinds of dementia using brain imaging

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TN_cdi_proquest_wirefeeds_205591207

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_wirefeeds_205591207

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1535-2757

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1537-1395

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