Gait disturbance in Alzheimer's disease: A clinical study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 313-316

  O'Keeffe, S T ^a   Kazeem, H ^a   Philpott, R M ^a   Playfer, J R ^a   Gosney, M ^a   Lye, M ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030054460     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.4.313     Document Type: Article

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