Unraveling the mystery of cognitive changes in old age: Correlation of neuropsychological evaluation with neuropathological findings in the extreme old

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-41

  Silver, Margery ^a,c   Newell, Kathy ^b   Hyman, Bradley ^b   Growdon, John ^b   Hedley Whyte, E Tessa ^b   Perls, Thomas ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031801476     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610298005122     Document Type: Article

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