Noncognitive disturbances in Alzheimer's disease: Frequency, longitudinal course, and relationship to cognitive symptoms

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1331-1338

  Marin, Deborah B ^a,b   Green, Cynthia R ^b   Schmeidler, James ^b   Harvey, Philip D ^b   Lawlor, Brian A ^c   Ryan, Theresa M ^b   Aryan, Mohsen ^a   Davis, Kenneth L ^b   Mohs, Richard C ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PSYCHOSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030670342     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb02932.x     Document Type: Article

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