Weight, blood pressure, osmolarity, and glucose levels across various stages of alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 147-151

  Hogan, David B ^a,b   Ebly, Erika M ^a   Kenneth, Rockwood ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Body mass index; Dementia severity; Hypertension; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM OSMOLARITY;

EID: 0030981847     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106623     Document Type: Article

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