Very old women at highest risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: Incidence data from the Kungsholmen Project, Stockholm

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 132-138

  Fratiglioni, L ^a,b,c   Viitanen, M ^a   Von Strauss, E ^a   Tontodonati, V ^a   Herlitz, A ^a   Winblad, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031024278     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.1.132     Document Type: Article

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