Factors affecting survival in Alzheimer's disease

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 363-370

  Burns, Alistair ^a   Lewis, Glyn ^a   Jacoby, Robin ^a   Levy, Raymond ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE TABLES; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0025865513     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700020468     Document Type: Article

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