Predicting rate of cognitive decline in probable Alzheimer's disease

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-147

  Rasmusson, D Xeno ^a   Carson, Kathryn A ^a   Brookmeyer, Ronald ^a,b   Kawas, Claudia ^a   Brandt, Jason ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030184629     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1996.0038     Document Type: Article

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