Associated physical disease in a demented population

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 440-444

  Nagga A K ^a   Marcusson, J ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Associated physical disease; Cobalamin deficiency; Dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT); Vascular dementia (VaD)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASE; TUMOR; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0032459517     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03340156     Document Type: Article

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