Weight change in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-272

  White, Heidi ^a,b,c   Pieper, Carl ^a   Schmader, Ken ^a,b,c   Fillenbaum, Gerda ^a  

^a Ctr Stud of Aging and Hum Devmt   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029968513     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb00912.x     Document Type: Article

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