Progressive disability in senile dementia is accelerated in the presence of depression

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 459-461

  Ritchie, Karen ^a   Touchon, J ^a   Ledésert, Bernard ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Depression; Disability; Senile dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTINENCE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CARE; SENILE DEMENTIA; TELEPHONE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031824853     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199807)13:7<459::AID-GPS796>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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