Prognostic significance of quantitative electroencephalography in Alzheimer patients: Preliminary observations

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-128

  Rodriguez, Guido ^a,b   Nobili, Flavio ^a   Arrigo, Alessandro ^a   Priano, Federica ^a   De Carli, Fabrizio ^a   Francione, Stefano ^a   Gambaro, Monica ^b   Rosadini, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Prognosis; Quantitative electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCONTINENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030221834     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(96)95723-5     Document Type: Article

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