Atrial fibrillation and dementia in a population-based study: The Rotterdam study

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 316-321

  Ott, Alewijn ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a   De Bruyne, Martine C ^a   Van Harskamp, Frans ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; atrial fibrillation; cognition; dementia; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 0031024446     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.2.316     Document Type: Article

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