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SUBMITTER: Whitwell JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511453 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 20190308 5
<h4>Introduction</h4>Little is known about the role of age on neurodegeneration and protein deposition in atypical variants of Alzheimer's disease (AD).<h4>Methods</h4>Regional tau and β-amyloid positron emission tomography standard uptake value ratios and gray matter volumes were calculated in a cohort of 42 participants with atypical AD. The relationship between regional metrics and age was modeled using a Bayesian hierarchical linear model.<h4>Results</h4>Age was strongly associated with tau ...[more]