Normal human aging: factors contributing to cerebral atrophy

@article{Akiyama1997NormalHA,
  title={Normal human aging: factors contributing to cerebral atrophy},
  author={Hisanao Akiyama and John Stirling Meyer and Karl F. Mortel and Yasuo Terayama and John I. Thornby and Shizuko Konno},
  journal={Journal of the Neurological Sciences},
  year={1997},
  volume={152},
  pages={39-49}
}
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