A longitudinal study of the course of Alzheimer type dementia;Estudio longitudinal sobre el curso de la demencia tipo Alzheimer

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 25, Issue 146, 1997, Pages 1551-1556

  Telleria Diaz J A ^a,b   Rosello Silva H ^a   Gomez Viera N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLINICOQUIRÚRGICO HERMANOS AMEIJEIRAS   (Cuba)

^b NONE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive functions; Dementia; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; ORIENTATION; SPAIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030697832     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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