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Cerebral Microbleeds, CSF p-Tau, and Cognitive Decline: Significance of Anatomic Distribution

G.C. Chiang, J.C. Cruz Hernandez, K. Kantarci, C.R. Jack, M.W. Weiner and for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2015, 36 (9) 1635-1641; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4351
G.C. Chiang
aFrom the Department of Radiology (G.C.C.), Division of Neuroradiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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J.C. Cruz Hernandez
bDepartment of Biomedical Engineering (J.C.C.H.), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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K. Kantarci
cDepartment of Radiology (K.K., C.R.J.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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C.R. Jack Jr
cDepartment of Radiology (K.K., C.R.J.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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M.W. Weiner
dDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (M.W.W.), University of California, San Francisco, California.
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