Predictors of mortality in patients diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's disease

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 433-439

  Bowen, J D ^a,c   Malter, A D ^a   Sheppard, L ^a   Kukull, W A ^a   McCormick, W C ^a   Teri, L ^b   Larson, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pacific Medical Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0029787185     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.2.433     Document Type: Article

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