Alzheimer's disease after remote head injury: An incidence study

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-124

  Schofield, P W ^d   Tang, M ^a,c   Marder, K ^a,d   Bell, K ^d   Dooneief, G ^d   Chun, M ^d   Sano, M ^d   Stern, Y ^a,d   Mayeux, R ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Division of Epidemiology (School of Public Health)   (United States)

^c Taub Alzheimer's Disease Research Center   (United States)

^d Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Head injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031040239     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.2.119     Document Type: Article

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