Neurological and psychiatric predictors of mortality in patients with Alzheimer disease in California

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 878-885

  Moritz, Deborah J ^a   Fox, Patrick J ^b   Luscombe, Paye A ^c   Kraemer, Helena C ^d  

^a Institute for Health and Aging   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030798013     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550190066016     Document Type: Article

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