Cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and senile dementia of Lewy body type

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-213

  Ballard, C ^a   Patel, A ^b   Oyebode, F ^b   Wilcock, G ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE DEMENTIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0029880810     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.3.209     Document Type: Article

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