Routine blood chemistry screen: A diagnostic aid for alzheimer’s disease1

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 254-261

  Kasaa, Marilyn ^a   Bierma, Thomas J ^a   Waterstraat, Francis ^a   Corsauf, Maurine ^a   Singh, Sant P ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Blood chemistry screen; Linear discriminant analysis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; UREA; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URIC ACID;

EID: 0024445997     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110191     Document Type: Article

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